At worst, if what mattered was being able to use the bomb in combat, the Soviets had beaten the Americans by a year.
The decision to use the bomb, in revised scripts, was viewed as justifiable, even admirable.
After saying a prayer I left, shaking my head, vowing to delve more into why we had used the bombs in the first place.
We in the United States were worried about whether another country might use the bomb, but in the whole history of the human species only one country had ever used the worst weapon ever invented.
Use the bombs wisely in the game.
In 1950, President Truman raised the possibility of using the atomic bomb in Korea.
It wasn't until this week that the Royal Air Force used the largest bomb in its inventory, the 2,000lb Enhanced Paveway 111, against Isis for the first time.
Two days later, Truman set off a worldwide firestorm by suggesting at a news conference that the United States was prepared to use the atomic bomb in Korea.
The personalities, the interests and the considerations that propelled the United States' decision to use the atomic bomb in August 1945 are parts of an interlocking puzzle.
There has also been little change abroad -- where the use of the bomb in 1945 has been roundly condemned from the beginning.
