"Hiroshima is a city you feel you need to go to when in Japan. The lessons to be told are
undoubtedly difficult, but necessary for many people to hear, especially Americans."
Or you can view it as Rabbi Shmuley did when he visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial:
"But we Americans accept that whatever the tragedy of Hiroshima it was not done out of spite,
hatred, or malice but of military necessity. It did not reflect American evil or cruelty but an
inescapable and ugly necessity of war."
And notice how the memorial is titled a PEACE memorial. We have all accepted what has happened, done our best to make peace with each other, and it's up to us to learn about all sides of history so that we do not repeat the mistakes of our past.
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