The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide.
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.
I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'among the most unspeakable crimes in history.' I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China.