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Weren't there high ranking people in both the US and USSR saying "Hey they'll surrender if we promise not to kill the emperor, idk why this nuke thing is necessary"?
Yeah, did you know that Truman didn't even know we had the bomb until after FDR died because FDR didn't trust him?
Really, the only explanations that make any sense as to why the US dropped the bomb are:
And/or
Edit: I'm a dingus, please disregard.
~~Hey, in your last sentence there, do you mean to say "one where no communists had a seat at the negotiating table"? I'm usually not one to point out typos, but this one seems like it changes your point quite a lot and could cause confusion!~~
Probably not. They wanted to avoid avoid a situation where the Soviets were at the negotiation table, and that's what the sentence says.
Oh shit, you're right! I'm the one who can't read! Thanks!
It happens to all of us