Barack Obama pays tribute to the dead of Hiroshima
US President Barack Obama he paid today tribute to the victims of the first nuclear attack in the history of mankind, during his historical visit to Hiroshima, which took place in a highly emotional climate, before tightening the survivors hand the atomic bomb and other times embracing their.
The head of the White House on the occasion of his visit to the city that was bombed at 8.15 "on the morning of August 6, 1945 with the American atomic bomb, called for" a world without (nuclear) weapons ".
"Before 71 years, the death fell from the sky," said Obama in front of the monument dedicated to the victims of the atomic bomb. That day, the world "changed forever", this bomb "proved that humanity had the means to destroy itself."
"Why we came here in Hiroshima? We came to reflect this awesome power unleashed in a not too distant past. We are here to mourn the victims, to honor the dead. Their souls speak to us, asking us to look deep within us, "he added.
"Technological advances without corresponding progress of human institutions can be fatal for us. The scientific revolution that led us to split the atom requires a moral revolution."
The governments of Washington and Tokyo hopes that the Obama visit to Hiroshima highlights a new phase of reconciliation and stronger ties between the former enemies.
Before laying a wreath at the Peace Memorial, Obama visited a museum exhibiting photographs of victims who bear heavy burns, tattered clothes they wore and statues depicting victims to languish because of radioactivity.
Consultants US President said that Mr. Obama's goal in Hiroshima is to show its program for nuclear disarmament, for which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
"We remember all the innocent people killed in the bow of this terrible war," Obama said. "We have a common responsibility to look history in the eye. We must ask ourselves what we should do differently to avoid repeating such suffering."
Obama had said earlier that it will honor all those who died in World War II but will not apologize for the bombing. The city of Nagasaki was bombed by a second nuclear bomb on August 9, 1945 and Japan surrendered six days later.
The majority of Americans believe that the bombing was necessary to end the war and to save the population, although some historians dispute this view. Most Japanese believe that the bombing was unjustified.
"You will not reconsider its decision to use atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but I will say that my visit here in Hiroshima with the Prime Minister (Shinji) Abe showing the world the possibility of reconciliation - that even former opponents may to become the strongest allies, "Obama wrote in response to questions published by the Asahi newspaper today.
US President Barack Obama he paid today tribute to the victims of the first nuclear attack in the history of mankind, during his historical visit to Hiroshima, which took place in a highly emotional climate, before tightening the survivors hand the atomic bomb and other times embracing their.
The head of the White House on the occasion of his visit to the city that was bombed at 8.15 "on the morning of August 6, 1945 with the American atomic bomb, called for" a world without (nuclear) weapons ".
"Before 71 years, the death fell from the sky," said Obama in front of the monument dedicated to the victims of the atomic bomb. That day, the world "changed forever", this bomb "proved that humanity had the means to destroy itself."
"Why we came here in Hiroshima? We came to reflect this awesome power unleashed in a not too distant past. We are here to mourn the victims, to honor the dead. Their souls speak to us, asking us to look deep within us, "he added.
"Technological advances without corresponding progress of human institutions can be fatal for us. The scientific revolution that led us to split the atom requires a moral revolution."
The governments of Washington and Tokyo hopes that the Obama visit to Hiroshima highlights a new phase of reconciliation and stronger ties between the former enemies.
Before laying a wreath at the Peace Memorial, Obama visited a museum exhibiting photographs of victims who bear heavy burns, tattered clothes they wore and statues depicting victims to languish because of radioactivity.
Consultants US President said that Mr. Obama's goal in Hiroshima is to show its program for nuclear disarmament, for which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
"We remember all the innocent people killed in the bow of this terrible war," Obama said. "We have a common responsibility to look history in the eye. We must ask ourselves what we should do differently to avoid repeating such suffering."
Obama had said earlier that it will honor all those who died in World War II but will not apologize for the bombing. The city of Nagasaki was bombed by a second nuclear bomb on August 9, 1945 and Japan surrendered six days later.
The majority of Americans believe that the bombing was necessary to end the war and to save the population, although some historians dispute this view. Most Japanese believe that the bombing was unjustified.
"You will not reconsider its decision to use atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but I will say that my visit here in Hiroshima with the Prime Minister (Shinji) Abe showing the world the possibility of reconciliation - that even former opponents may to become the strongest allies, "Obama wrote in response to questions published by the Asahi newspaper today.
