Hiroshima Quest is Naïve

In 2009, President Obama articulated his dream for a world free of nuclear weapons. But reality intruded on his utopian vision that day when North Korea launched a long-range missile designed to target the United States with nuclear weapons. Since then, Pyongyang has continued to augment its nuclear arsenal.

As the end of his presidency approaches, Obama seeks to resurrect his naïve quest in Hiroshima, needlessly resurrecting painful and contentious historic issues. That the administration — and the president himself — had to rebuff questions as to whether he would...