Obama to visit Hiroshima, Vietnam

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month — the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. The visit will be part of an Asian trip from 21-28 May that will also take in Vietnam. The Hiroshima bombing on 6 August 1945 killed 140,000 people. Along with a second bombing on Nagasaki — it is credited with ending World War Two. The White House said there would be no apology for the bombings. A statement from Mr Obama’s press secretary read: “The President will make an historic visit to Hiroshima with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe to highlight his continued commitment to pursuing peace and security in a world without nuclear weapons”/ BBC . More here .

Question: Did you US do the right thing by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki?