Sure, their capability of launching an offensive against our superior forces, that had pushed them back to the homeland, was fizzling. Now what? Surround the country forever? A costly, to both sides, invasion? Trust them to behave?
American’s wanted it over, finished, WON........bring the troops home. The most expedient unconditional surrender possible. That’s what Truman gave us.
I was thinking about this last night, while watching a show on PBS, about the bridge on the river Kwai. The story behind the railroad being built, interviews with some of the POWs that survived and the documentation that remains today.
We'll have to agree to disagree because you'll never convince me it wasn't the absolute right thing for Truman to do.
