Debate Club: Should Truman Have Used the Atomic Bomb?
Posted on AllSides May 27th, 2016
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Debate Club: President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday. The president's historic visit took place 71 years after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II, one of two it used during that conflict.
During a speech at the site, Obama called for the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, revisiting an issue that helped him win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. "We must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world...