this is straw man.  lord knows Gromnir didn't claim such.  the argument were that the the japanese, particular the military, had no intention of surrendering as of early august 1945.  sure, there were a japanese peace faction (as mentioned in agiel's video) which had a genuine desire to find a way to end the war w/o an invasion o' the japanese mainland, but they were a negligible faction.  discussions with moscow to intercede on behalf o' japan were little more than an attempt to delay an americ