Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Want Obama to Feel Their Pain

When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Hiroshima later this month, some survivors of the world’s first atomic attack hope he will officially acknowledge the devastating loss and suffering caused by America’s use of nuclear weapons on Japan at the end of World War II.

The visit, the first by a sitting U.S. president, will help Obama advance some important policy initiatives, such as preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and maintaining strong international pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.

But for the survivors, some hope for an official apology. White House has indicated that is not in the plans. Others would like him to express grief and seek reconciliation.

“Before I die I want to see the president, the sitting president’s face. That is not for asking for an apology. No, just as a human being. You are here and we are standing on the same land, the same level land and then pray for the dead,” said Keiko Ogura, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor who is now 79 years old......http://www.voanews.com/content/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivors-want-obama-to-feel-their-pain/3323181.html
10/5/16
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