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[edit] Atomic bombs 'saved lives'

"If Hiroshima and Nagasaki have a positive side, it is that many lives were saved on both sides by the surrender of Japan before an invasion of the Japanese mainland was carried out."

The above sentence represents a very old fasioned, even contemporaneous, view of the use of atomic weapons. Historiography of the past fifty years has shown what little truth there is in this theory. Therefore, I am removing it. Zackery the Fence (talk) 12:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you've not seen this page: Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The debate continues vigorously today. Binksternet (talk) 14:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)