Are there times when dropping WMDs on cities with civilian populated buildings is justified?
This news today prompted me to think up above Q.
Japan Marks 68th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
By AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
Aug. 05, 2013
Shizuo Kambayashi / APJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, third from left, accompanied by Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Director Kenji Shiga, left, looks at a diorama of Hiroshima city after the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 6, 2013
(HIROSHIMA, Japan) — Japan marked the 68th anniversary Tuesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a somber ceremony to honor the dead and pledges to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Some 50,000 people stood for a minute of silence in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicenter of the early morning blast on Aug. 6, 1945, that killed up to 140,000 people. The bombing of Nagasaki three days later killed tens of thousands more, prompting Japan’s surrender to the World War II Allies.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, among many dignitaries attending the event, said that as the sole country to face nuclear attack, Japan has the duty to seek to wipe out nuclear weapons.
The anniversary comes as Japan is torn over restarting nuclear power plants shut down since the massive
Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/08/05/japan-marks-68th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-bombing
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