Alex WellersteinVerified account

@wellerstein Interesting, but it seems a stretch that Truman were kept out of the loop about the nature of the first 2 targets. @GeneDannen

@_up_and_away_ @GeneDannen Well, sometimes things that "seem a stretch" turn out to be true when you learn more about them.

@wellerstein Regardless, thin evidence for a spectacular claim. @GeneDannen

@_up_and_away_ @GeneDannen One works with the evidence one has to work with, and tries to avoid making erroneous assumptions.

@wellerstein Would argue that the chain of events during the days in question points in other directions. Still, it's history, not physics.

@_up_and_away_ Frankly, I am not sure you know the chain of events all that well.

@wellerstein And I in exchange think you are a bit too eager to eager to embrace counterfactuals, and not consider context.

@_up_and_away_ I am not trying to judge you, but your questions and statements indicate a superficial knowledge, with many errors.

@wellerstein How many people in the Manhattan Project knew former Emperor of Japan has not been stripped from the list of Field-Marshal?

@wellerstein It is gradually known in Japan and Hong Kong that former Emperor of Japan is Field-Marshal of British Army for life.

@wellerstein In reality, USA must have needed the Emperor proven by historical buildings in Kyoto to protect Japan from the Communist Party.