I remember that my father used to say that the atomic bombs were necessary 'because the Japanese would never stop'. I also remember that I thought it was a strange and scary thing to hear that there are people who actually think it's OK to murder so many innocent people out of fear of...of what really? My father was originally from Amsterdam, lived through the WWII and has seen many of his friends being deported to death camps. I remember the tears that came when he was telling us stories about friends that were taken and never seen again. I could never understand how the lives of these friends were more precious than the lives of those who died in Japan. I probably never will. Thank you for this post. RIP to all those lives that were lost during this horrible event in history.