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The atom bomb was a statement, not a piece of ordinance. Tokyo was taking nightly raids that had equivalent or worse casualties. (This is partly due to the nature of Japanese construction) The unfortunate reality is that bombing cities stiffens resistance for some reason. Just more conventional bombing would have been counterproductive. We were setting fires every night that killed off people by the hundred thousand.