"I didn't need to drop the atomic bomb on Japan" U.S. leading paper Extraordinary editorial publication August 6 16:44
There is a strong opinion in the United States about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago, "it was necessary to end the war," but the leading newspaper Los Angeles Times said "it was not necessary to drop the atomic bomb in Japan." We have published an unusual editorial claiming that.
This editorial was published in the Los Angeles Times in the United States on the 5th under the joint name of university professors and the like, and the heading was "America did not have to start the nuclear age."
Among them, the American President Truman at that time recognized that the defeat of Japan would be decisive if the Soviet Union participated in the war. It would have surrendered. It is clear from the documents that Truman and his entourage knew about it," he said, saying there was no need to drop an atomic bomb on Japan.
Based on the fact that racism is now a social issue in the United States, it is "now that Americans are reviewing the negative history of their own nations about the use of nuclear weapons in Japanese cities. It is a good time to have an open dialogue between the two."
In the United States, there is a strong opinion that the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was "necessary to end the war," but the younger generation is increasingly saying that "it was an unforgivable thing", and 75 years after the war. However, this editorial paper by leading paper is likely to cause various debates.