shut up, hundred thousand japanese deaths or hundred thousand americans? we were at war and civilian casualties happen, especially in a brittle situation such as the japan conflict.... they didnt show much mercy on the civilians of pearl harbor did they....? or on the front lines of the pacific? forget about what they did to OUR fucking country or are you to ignorant to think two dimensionally? Its not like america is some country hellbent on ruining the lives of innocent civilians, we have engaged in multiple conflicts when genocide and a countries downfall is eminent, even if its not our fucking problem america tends to try to protect and save as many lives as possible. The fact of the matter is, we told them what our intentions were by dropping leaflets on the major cities, the citizens knew to evacuate as did the military but some roughly hundred thousand died at hiroshima and another 70-80 thousand at nagasaki even after we fucking dropped the first one....(you'd think they would realize we werent fucking around) as unethical and horrible nuclear weapons are they saved american lives and ended one of the most horrible wars of all time, and now, unfortunately, nuclear weapons are mandatory to be declared a "world power". dont be so ignorant