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From: <dchapsk@...> wrote:

> I've always been under the impression that the US could have beaten Japan
> without dropping the A-bomb.  Just like we beat Hitler

that might be true but;

1. with millions more of dead on both sides.
2. The US didnt beat Nazi Germany, Russia did, the Russains and Japanese
agreed not to fight each other

> But we had this new toy, and...   "let's see if it works."
>

 they knew it worked because it was tested in the Nevada desert  (in what
became area 51, I think). The use of the atom bomb at the end of ww2
actually saved far more lives than it killed.

>
> Now we have $40 billion to play with.
>

lets hope it is spent wisely......