The main reason Connor thinks the US was right to drop the atomic bomb was that it was the solution to the war that saved the most American lives. He also argues that it actually saved more Japanese lives as well. His specific reasons involved many statistics including one that stated that a Japanese force of 15,000 was reduced to 17 on a specific island and they were still fighting. Fight to the death was the Japanese mentality. Connor argued that an invasion of the home land would result in many unnecessary Japanese deaths. Connor also appealed to his readers hearts with a vivid description of Japanese mothers killing their babies and jumping off cliffs to their death as the American forces drew near. Connor also states that although perhaps the emperor wanted peace, the militarists of the Japanese government had the real power.Connors argument was some what convincing yet because he held a position in the US military I believe that his argument was less than trustworthy. Questions for leading discussion: 1) Do you think it was necessary for the US to drop the second atomic bomb? 2) Did you find Connors gruesome imagery was effective for his argument? 3) Do you think that some of his statistics were exaggerated? 4) Did you think Connor took in to account the toll of the A-bomb after math in his argument?