The Rock may be the only person in the world where, if my wife cheated on me with him, I'd have to shrug my shoulders and say "Yeah, well, you couldn't really pass that up could you?!?!"

Me, too. Him and Vin Diesel. They seem they like really enjoy what they're doing and they always appreciate their fans. Now, if only there was a movie where they got to fight each other in it...

I bet this movie will blow, but I'll watch it anyway. I like the Rock. He seems like a really good guy.

The Japanese didn't surrender after Hiroshima. What the hell makes you think torching an island somewhere would have done any good?

Here's my question: how many lives did dropping the bombs save?

Yep. I can assure you that the world would look mighty different (for the worse) if Japan had been split up with the Soviets like Germany was. Imagine a second iron curtain.

You need to look up the definition of "total war" which is what WW2 was.

There weren't better ways. What gets lost in this discussion, repeatedly, for no real reason by those who think there were better options, is that the Japanese refused to surrender EVEN AFTER the first bomb was dropped. If the worst case scenario for Japan, the complete destruction of one of their cities, would not…

Their conditional surrender was more complex than you let on. Their specific demands were continuation of their imperial system, the system would also be responsible for the country's disarmament, as well as all persecution for any war crimes.'they also demanded no occupation including Japanese occupied Korea.…

Since Japan didn't surrender after the Hiroshima bomb, I don't think the bombing of any uninhabited island would have swayed them.

You can word it how you like. Groups of soldiers charged Marine positions in a "kill or die" attack. Documented by the Marines were anywhere from 20 to hundreds. The battle of Okinawa had several large ones.

The Emperor and the Japanese military were determined to resist. Emperor Hirohito approved the strategy of Ketsugo (January 20, 1945).

Not sure where you're getting your info, both cities were major producers of military infrastructure.

Germany was in no shape to conquer anyone in 1918. Look how well that turned out.

What sort of terms would you have offered the Japanese if you were in Truman's position? Would you have allowed them to keep or rebuild a viable army or navy? Japan was run by its military generals, not by its emperor. The generals were fanatical militants and would never have accepted any terms that limited…

Actually, unconditional surrender was common in the Second World War. Remember, that it was a "total war"- i.e., both sides were seeking to end the other as a world power, not just gain a victory on the battlefield. Also, the U.S. did not seek unconditional surrender for its own sake. Imperial Japan was an inherently…

With the extent that the draft reached, were soldiers really that far removed from civilians?

People complain about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but a lot of people don't realize that more people died in the firebombing of Tokyo than in both bombs combined, and I would much rather go out in a nuke blast than be burned to death in a firestorm or, try to escape into the water only to be boiled alive from the…

I am pretty convinced nature can heal herself after having been to Chernobyl. It's been 27 years, and being there feels more like walking in a forest with houses rather than a city with a lot of trees. In another 25 years I'm pretty sure it will even more like a forest. It's an amazing place to visit if you ever get…