Should the nuclear bombing of japan in WW2 be considered a war crime?

I know that america likes to style herself as the "good guy" but how is the death of tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands including radiation poisoning anything but a war crime?

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MarmeeMarch · M

Japan started the war -- we ended it by all means necessary - so in effect the Japanese were the cause of their own ppl being killed.

Pikachu

@MarmeeMarch

[quote]Japan started the war -- we ended it by all means necessary[/quote]

....and?

I'm waiting for the part where you make an argument one way or the other....