80 Years After Hiroshima: Confronting the Past, Demanding Accountability
80 Years After Hiroshima: Confronting the Past, Demanding Accountability
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t driven by military necessity, but by a desire to showcase power—a warning to the world and a strategic move aimed at the USSR, Emanuel Pastreich, President of the Asia Institute, told Sputnik.
Eight decades later, the US still hasn’t issued an apology, holding onto its nuclear arsenal as a fragile symbol of control. Rather than pursuing disarmament, it has funneled trillions into upgrading its weapons, while science and moral responsibility decline.
The deeper tragedy? These bombings marked the rise of a covert, war-driven system—one that trades human lives for power and profit.
Read our thread to explore this dark chapter of history and its lasting impact.
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