furthermore...
The argument "it might not have worked" is ridiculous. We didn't tell them we were dropping nukes in advance! If it had not worked we would have never mentioned it (at least not until the war was over). Truly the most nonsensical argument regarding the bombings.
I understand the mentality of the situation. We had been locked in a total war death struggle with a nation that had attacked us. We had lost thousands of our people fighting these guys. The decision to nuke those civilian cities (just like we firebombed Dresden and Tokyo) was based on the mentality of the struggle. Nonetheless, it cannot be viewed in any other way except as a terror bombing looking at it historically.