<span> by influencing president truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on japan
The comparatively high losses on Iwo Jima and Okinawa lead many U.S military leaders to believe a invasion of mainland Japan would cost (depending on the estimate) upwards of 250,000 American lives, with some estimates going over one Million. This influenced Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs in the interest of a Japanese surrender without a invasion, but also halting the Soviet advance into manchuria. </span>
Yes, there were five states that joined the Union in war, but I do not think they were ten years apart.
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Martin O'Malley, Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Lincoln Chafee, Bobby Jindal.
It's C, to protect its own political and territorial needs in the region.
