Should President Obama Have Apologized At Hiroshima?

Washington Free Beacon: CBS Calls It ‘Remarkable’ That Obama Didn’t Apologize for Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima

CBS correspondent Margaret Brennan said Friday it was “remarkable” that President Obama didn’t offer an apology in his Hiroshima speech for the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb.

Obama participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park honoring those killed in the blast in 1945. He spoke afterward about bringing an end to the nuclear age and promoting diplomacy over warfare.

“We stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell,” Obama said. “We listen to a silent cry.”

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WNU Editor: The poll in the above CBS video report (44% against the use of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, 43% for it) makes me laugh. Every vet that I have talked to who served in the Second World War are grateful that the atomic bomb was used .... ditto from all my non-Japanese friends in Asia who had to live under the brutal occupation of the Japanese. My father who served in the Soviet Army also told me he was grateful that the bomb was used, for if it wasn't it would have meant a ground invasion of Japan and the huge loss of life (for both allied and Japanese) in the battles that would have followed. Flash forward to today .... for the younger generations ... many who have never served in the military .... I understand that they have a different perspective .... and so they feel good that they believe that the bomb should not have been used. I will also not be surprised if decades from now a U.S. President will apologize for the atomic bombings .... and do it convincingly because he (or she) will believe it. Sighhh .... history is always being rewritten .... this will be just another case.