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Is an apology too much to ask for?
US president makes landmark Hiroshima visit to mark nuclear bombing of Japan – but won’t set record straight on surrender
BARACK OBAMA was urged to apologise on behalf of the US yesterday for dropping two atomic bombs on Japanese cities as he became the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima.
Mr Obama expressed disappointment for the atrocities that killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima on August 6 1945, and 70,000 in Nagasaki three days later.
But he stopped short of apologising for the nuclear genocide carried out by his country.
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