[Arthur McGowan]

Don’t get me wrong. My gut is with Truman.

But moral authorities I respect—like a string of Popes—have condemned indiscriminate bombing.

I don’t despise Truman for declining to send two million American boys to their death, in order to spare tens of thousands of Japanese.

[ohioman]

I believe it is the pope’s job to say those things. However, as a leader the only rule is to not lose the war.