Re:S.T.U.P.I.D. (Score 1)

Actually, the literature mostly agrees on the fact that the atomic bomb was not a significant factor in the surrender of the Japanese ['The Second World War' John Keegan iirc]. The Japanese exited the war because the Russians entered it. They were to fight a two front war and were faced with an enemy that they didn't think would be merciful (the Japanese weren't throughout the war in the South Pacific, China, or Russia). To them, the nukes were really not all that different from 200 B-17s starting a firestorm using incendiary and high explosive bombs on cities made of paper and wood.