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Dignifying but Not Necessarily Apologizing

August 7, 2010

Warren Kozak, WSJ:

For the first time since the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan 65 years ago, today the U.S. ambassador to Japan will attend the official commemoration ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The U.S. ambassador has always declined the annual invitation, but this year is different. President Barack Obama decided to acknowledge the event with the presence of a high-level dignitary.

Say what you want about the decision to drop the bomb, but the decision to dignify the country as a result of the lost lives is certainly a good one. Whether or not the good outweighed the bad, many people still died.