Will Biden Apologize For US Using Nuclear Bomb Over Hiroshima & Nagasaki During G7 Summit?: WH Asked

On Tuesday, Admiral John Kirby was asked about Biden’s upcoming G7 summit trip in Japan.

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[morganmadison]

Is Japan going to finally apologize for the atrocities it committed during WW2 and offer compensation to the few still alive?

[old-gamer-]

100% not sorry for bombs.
Japan started all what they got at the finish.
The bombs saved young american lifes!

[JohnsonWhat]

The only apologies should come from Japan!

[christopherharmon]

When Japan apologizes for Pearl Harbor...

[KeithTKO]

He needs to apologize to American citizens for what he’s done before any other apologies.

[richardjphilpott]

When Harry S Truman was asked if he would use A bomb again he replied .. " Yes if it was to save the life of one US boy " !

[poss]

My dad's life was probably saved. He was a replacement for the 101st when the bomb was dropped.

[imonangeltime]

Why should Biden apologize? He was only 17 years old when it happened

[YZW]

We didn't start it but we finished it. Japan can cram it along with anyone else that has a problem with this.

[old-gamer-]

Is Japan going to apology for what they done in Manchuria that thanks to that we today have a CCP imperium in mainland China?
Read and learn history!

[matthewck]

I don't think it is something to apologize for, nor celebrate because of the horrible effects upon civilians.
Japan would not surrender though, there would have been more deaths had they not been used, as the war would have continued. Japan unfortunately started the war, maybe a lesson to be learned there. America lost thousands because of their aggresion.

[sbolfing]

Considering the millions killed by Japanese in China alone, the high cost of life in taking islands leading the Japan, and the suicides of Saipan (many forced by Japanese soldiers) - the atomic weapons saved more lives than they took. No apology required.

[CarolRogers]

NOT HIS PLACE NOT HIS WAR NOT HIS VICTORY

[darkmatter-mciv]

TBH, I don't think he should. It was the only option we had. Japanese Culture is very much staked in honor, and we had to give them a really big wake up call or else they'd just keep coming. It wasn't a good decision, but it also wasn't a bad decision. It just... had to happen.

[ruthsaunders]

Why would he apologize for that? Who comes up with this nonsense?

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

He should not. Japan still disputes that they committed atrocities all over the Pacific during the 1930s-1940s.

[kalasend]

No. The US need not apologize for Hiroshima/Nagasaki.
However, at the same time, it is utter hypocrisy for the US to warn other countries about their nuclear programs.

[TechLiberator]

Is Japan going to apologize for even existing?

[skizeranosk]

An apology would be the first step to rewriting the history.

[sturmtiger]

Apologies for what? japan wants apology? After what they did? Where is my Uno reverse card