Hiroshima 65 Years later

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0806/Hiroshima-65-years-later-US-attends-ceremony-but-offers-no-apology

"Some Japanese still want an apology for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"

There will be no apology and there should be no apology. The Empire of Japan was the aggressor in World War II. They attached the United States. A war ensued and they lost. They haven't apologized for Pearl harbor. They haven't apologized for the Bataan Death March. Hundreds of Thousands of Americans died fighting a war that they instigated. To act like they were helpless victims is a bit revisionist.

Those two bombs ended World War II in short order. The end of the war in fact saved millions of lives. If the US had to invade the mainland (It took 4 years just to get to the mainland) many more lives would have been lost on both sides. The war would have raged for many more years.

The unconditional surrender of Japan (forced by those two bombs) has brought 65 consecutive years of Peace to Japan. The impact of those weapons (on the world) prevented the cold war from turning into a real war. No other Nuclear devise has been used since.

I would argue those two bombs were the most important bombs ever dropped. Furthermore if Japan had figured out the bomb in 1945 don't think for a minute they wouldn't have used it.