"the foul attack on pearl harbour brought us into war and i am unable to see my valid reason why we should be so much more considerate of japan and lenient in dealing with japan then with germany. i earnestly insit japan should be dealt with as harshly as germany and that she should not be a beneficiary of a soft people have not forgotten that the japanese stuck us the first blow in the first blow in this war without the slightest warning. they believe that we should continue to strike the japanese until they are brought groveling to their knees."

--georgia senator richard b. russell is supporting in a letter to president harry s. truman, august 7,1945

this letter by senator russell is supporting what action?

a.)the u. s.firebombing of tokyo
b.)the u. s. atomic bombing of japan
c.)the u. s. sparing japan the worst horrors of war
d.)the u. s. negotiating japan's conditional surrender