When Hiroshima speaks, President must listen
Later this month, President Obama will visit Hiroshima.
Seventy-one years after an atomic bomb leveled the city, it is no doubt progress that a sitting U.S. president, the commander of a nuclear arsenal that can destroy the world many times over, will finally see firsthand what these weapons can do.
But it is not enough that he pay only a ceremonial visit. The President needs to meet with survivors of the attack, known as Hibakusha (which translates literally to "explosion-affected people"), and listen to what they are telling him and the world: You must understand the full horror of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.… Seguir leyendo »