I find the current discussion on the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki disturbing. All the rationalizations surrounding the dropping of the bombs-that it saved millions of American lives, that Japan was really ready to capitulate, that it was a justified act of war, whether the U.S. would have used it on Germany-are at best speculations from the vantage point of history.
While studying history is fascinating, the crucial issue is what did we learn from the experience-we because it is an issue that involves all of humanity. The present reality is we all need to recognize the horrors of war, the danger of nuclear weapons and the need to look to a future with hope that no one will ever repeat such horrors or inflict such danger upon anybody.
