At 7:15 pm EST, we will mark the 64th anniversary of one of the most cataclysmic events in the history of man, the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
This is not the time to discuss the international politics of nuclear diplomacy. Rather, I urge all of you to take a moment from your day to reflect. My father was less than 5 months old when the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The events of WWII seem like distant history, and the fear of cold war nuclear annihilation was never a part of my personal history. Nevertheless, nuclear weapons remain a part of our daily lives.
We need to heal the wounds of the past, but those wounds will always leave scars. Today is an important day to reaffirm our commitment to justice and unity. These words get tossed around quite a bit, especially on this blog, but there is no other event that typifies the importance of these concepts like the bombing of Hiroshima.
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