I tend to agree with Anchorman here.

 

You can recognize how devastating the bombing was to many thousands of innocent civilians while at the same time understanding that it was a necessary evil, especially when considering the estimated losses to both sides in the alternative.

 

It's possible for a person to empathize with both sides here. Why does it have to be one or the other?

 

"Hey Japan, I know dropping those bombs sucked, I didn't really want to have to do it, but you guys were being [BAD WORD REMOVED] to everyone and I had to protect my people"

 

But at the same time, why do we need to apologize now for something that happened before many of us were even born? I didn't do [BLEEP] to you.

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