Also has anyone been watching The Pacific i thinks it is a great series like Band of Brothers, here are the first 7 episodes up till know just scroll down the page http://veehd.com/search?q=the+pacific
It's unfortunate that this is what had to happen to end the war but if it saved one American then it was the right choice. There is collateral damage in every war.
It was a solution for a problem we didn't ask for, and if we would've had to invade Japan none of these people would of been civilians and we also would've lost countless more American lives. Japan brought it on themselves imho.