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He knew we could make "good use of it" against his sorry ass, too, if we had to.
nostr:npub184x308kdsl8vry9kltzckrxq6kmwa496fgmwy38hhz7txflvfcyql90jwc "On July 24 I casually mentioned to Stalin that we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force. The Russian Premier showed no special interest. All he said was he was glad to hear it and hoped we would make “good use of it against the Japanese.”
Harry S. Truman, Year of Decisions (Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1955) p. 416.
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nostr:npub184x308kdsl8vry9kltzckrxq6kmwa496fgmwy38hhz7txflvfcyql90jwc Truman and his mass murdering pals could've blown up an island with the same effect. They didn't have to go into competition with the mass murdering Stalin. It was one of a long list of stupid and evil decisions made by world leaders going back prior to WWI.