Kelleigh Nelson
My conception was at that time, if this thing is successful, we will bring this war to a close. I just couldn’t see how any nation could stand up to the power of the atom as portrayed to me at that particular time. I think in the intervening years, that I have arrived at the same conclusion because by ending the war, we would save lives. That was my idea. Save lives, not destroy them. And over the years, I have gotten numerous letters from foreign nationals, as well as Americans, who had been ready to make an invasion with the same basic statement: what you did probably saved my life. Major General Paul Tibbets
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who prepared the attack against America, but viewed it as a potential disaster. (Yamamoto, who studied at Harvard and lived in the US, knew the immense industrial power and character of America and felt that a surprise attack that enraged the public would lead to Japan’s defeat.)
Israel has done more to prevent civilian casualties in war than any military in history… [they are] the gold standard. — John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point.
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