No, it doesnt make it right. But again...you cant look at how wars were fought decades ago, when weaponry and tactics were different, through the moral prism of how conflicts are fought TODAY. And thats what some here are doing. Its an impossible comparison.
Sorry for the spelling error....ugh. The Japanese....ALL of them...had a very hardline view of their nation. I dare to bet that IF the US tried a typical land invasion of Jaoan, those "innocent" Japanese some are talking about would fight the Allies to the death using anything at their disposal. I think it would have been a guerilla war that would make Vietnam look like a cakewalk. BUt thats just my theory.