I do understand what you mean now. I have said the same thing myself here and elsewhere.

Somehow the use of a NUCLEAR weapon is so much more horrible than a conventional one. Those who died are just as dead though. Balance the cost of lives without them and they seem a weapon of mercy. That sounds funny, but the millions who survived owe their lives to the quick end of the war.

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PEOPLE SLEEP PEACEABLY IN THEIR BEDS AT NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE ROUGH MEN STAND READY TO DO VIOLENCE ON THEIR BEHALF. GEORGE ORWELL