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Hiroshima marks a-bomb anniversary, calls nuclear deterrence "folly" (www.reuters.com)

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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a "folly".

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, what I know about Japan makes me think this is self-pity thinly disguised as humanitarianism.

Like, I agree that they shouldn't have been bombed, but I also think Hirohito and friends should have gotten the same treatment as top Nazis. Somehow I don't think these guys would like that position. Without reading this I bet they haven't really proposed an alternative to nuclear deterrence either.