This is possibly the most popular question on Quora, there are several variations open on Quora at this time. I find the assumptions behind the question insensitive and insulting. read more
President Truman may have been a lot of things, but a war criminal was not one of them. Nor were the atomic bomb drops on Hirsohima and Nagasaki acts of terrorism. President Truman was a man faced with a situation so terrible that the dropping of two atomic bombs was the most merciful solution he had available to him. read more
They were both war crimes, of course. And they were both based on a Big Lie. read more