Why President Obama Should Visit Nagasaki
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It is far too easy to either idolize heroic individuals or rationalize tragic events, especially when one is far removed historically and emotionally. After visiting the house of Mahatma Gandhi-whom President Barack Obama hailed as a hero to India and to the entire world, and whom he looked to for guidance and inspiration-it would be atoning and constructive to visit Nagasaki and to reflect on these first-hand accounts of the dropping of the atomic bomb: “Eyes turned skyward liquefy in the blinding flash, streaming down upturned faces. Bodies turn to charcoal. Infrared rays melt skin like wax. Windows explode, buildings crumple, people…
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