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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
From Dwight D. Eisenhower's memoirs:
Admittedly, I haven't read up on Hiroshima/Nagasaki much, but I thought this was worth inserting into the discussion.
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Exactly - Japan was obsessed with saving as much face as possible. They even found a silver lining with the bombs, thinking at least now people will see they HAD to surrender and the surrender didn't happen because of some social or political push.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Now that is interesting. Thanks man.
I still believe FDR deserves his place in history regardless. He was a great leader, even incapacitated as he was.
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You can still love FDR - Truman dropped the bombs.