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I remember a documentary that said something about Tokyo being the target that more hardline military officials wanted to hit, for the purpose to destroying the Japanese cultural centre and demoralizing the people. It's a good thing someone got Tokyo off the nuke list or the casualties and damage would have been way more severe than necessary.
I think the atomic bombs were probably dropped for good reasons. It set the USA up as the world super power and prevented the loss of troops. It also allowed scientists to really learn about the effects of atomic weapons on people, which is part of the reason people don't use those weapons today.
Pearl Harbor was a perfectly legitimate target. It was a big naval base that was the likely base of operations on any move against Japan. Japan did actually send their declaration of war out with the intention of it being received by the White House before the attack, but slow translators delayed it.
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