Like hell it was! I know there are those whou would have said that we could have starved them out with a blockade, or something like that. Bullshit. A surrender like that would have only led to another war when they again decided that the islands weren't enough for 'em! We had to show them what for! If we hadn't, people like that "Rising Sun" terrorist group would be FAR more common. And the Japanese society is pretty milaristic now, could you imagine what it would have been like if we hadn't taught em what for!
OOCEmperor Norton, I would like to know why you think that way, because it is an interesting point of view that I haven't seen before. I do, however, disagree. If the invasion of Okinawa was any example, which I think it was, civilians would have been used as human shields, forced into the army, have their food stolen, and in some cases, commit mass sucide rather than be taken.