the bomb we would have had to invade the island and that would have cost many American lives and even more Japanese lives. Truman wanted to end the war as quick as possible and with as little American casualties as possible. Many people still believe that President Truman needlessly killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese. Dropping the bombs without warning was the best way to end the war. In my opinion that is the main objective of a war. You try to defeat your enemy while saving as many lives as possible. The Japanese would kill themselves before being taken hostage from the Americans. Also, we could not afford to spend millions of dollars on making such massive bombs and then not use them for that reason. I believe that Truman made the right choice by deciding to drop the bombs to end the war. Although the bomb took so many lives, it saved many American lives too, and at that time it was the only quickest and easiest way to end the war....
