For years, even as wartime animosities were transformed into friendship, no US President has ever visited Hiroshima, site of the first atomic bombing (Jimmy Carter visited after he left the presidency). They were deterred by what might be called the “Truman Question.” It goes like this: “Mr. President, if you had been president in 1945, like Harry Truman, would you have ordered the bombings?”
Obama to go to Hiroshima
Obama to go to Hiroshima
Obama to go to Hiroshima
For years, even as wartime animosities were transformed into friendship, no US President has ever visited Hiroshima, site of the first atomic bombing (Jimmy Carter visited after he left the presidency). They were deterred by what might be called the “Truman Question.” It goes like this: “Mr. President, if you had been president in 1945, like Harry Truman, would you have ordered the bombings?”