Some articles about Hiroshima point out that a number of Japanese citizens feel that we should apologize for the atomic attacks: “At Hiroshima Ceremony, a First for a U.S. Envoy.”
I think that it’s impossible to apologize for Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, or any other act of war, especially six and a half decades later. That’s why wars end and treaties are signed.
Closure.
Using the events as a means to discuss nuclear disarmament isn’t a bad idea. Let’s just not place any blame, okay?
That’s my final thought – well, at least until Monday’s anniversary of Nagasaki.
Kidding!
Tags: atomic bomb, history, NY Times, World War II