No ...and why throw it out there to be debated???

6 pages so far suggests it's a worthy discussion. I, for one, have found many of the opinions interesting and educational.

No apology to anyone.

Millions of lives were saved by dropping the bombs.

People today are not being taught history anymore.

Seems only the older Americans who lived through the war understand the reality of the day.

The greatest generation is slowly declining, and memories are fading,

We are now left with left leaning pinko historians that are attempting to change the realities of that generation and the war itself.

Again, millions of lives on both sides were saved, because a frontal assault upon Japan itself was avoided.

I am very fortunate to live by having a living breathing Spanish- American War Veteran as a Grand Father.

The whole neighborhood where I lived was full of real Americans that fought in WWI, WWII, and also Korea.

My memories are of real men, strong, with valor, and patriotism.

And I pray that God keep them all under His protective wing.

i say we apologize with a couple more.

Maybe we should apologize for James for asking the question.

we'd have to apologize cause there's no excuse.

No way the apology would even be accepted.

An apology would send the wrong signal. Appeasement of aggression is a losing proposition. Without those bombs we might still be trying to dig diehards out of Japanese caves.

I passed through the area on a troop train in December 1951 and saw a twisted end of a steel bridge sticking up in the air.

Well, I have a deep respect for the Japanese people; I have a deep respect for the German people. Both "people" were controlled by a minority leadership that in turn controlled the direction of their country, plunging them into world war. Those of you who think both countries deserve what they got and that their people should have defended their own rights more strongly, should look at the current condition of our country. There is an all-out battle for the heart and soul of our country, with anarchy and chaos winning the day in some cities.

The difficult part about war is that the casualties of war are not limited to just the willing combatants; innocent lives (i.e. bystanders, ordinary citizens, and even those who oppose the war) often represent the majority of the casualties. I am sorry for the incomprehensible tragedy, pain, loss of life, suffering and death caused in WWII . . . which includes Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also includes Pear Harbor, Okinawa, and the islands of the Pacific. Following WWII, the US and its allies assisted Japan in rebuilding, provided foreign aid and protection, helping to make Japan a world leader in research, technology and industry. Today the Japanese people are once again a strong, proud, independent people. I think we've done our part to say we are sorry for the loss of life, but we make no apology for defending our country and our freedom.

They might not want an appology.

https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-na-japan-hiroshima-apology-20160429-story.html

Innocent people always die in a war. Civilians died at Pearl Harbor. I dont have a clue why The Emperor of Japan thought teaming up with Hitler and attacking the U.S. were good ideas. I don't know why they tortured American P.O.W.s and made young Chinese and Korean girls into sex slaves. I don't know why the U.S. didn't try and hang people for doing that. I feel as a country we treated Germany and Japan MUCH MUCH MUCH better than they would have treated us had the roles been reversed.

We don't owe either country an apology for anything.

the Japanese were far more inhuman to their victims than the Nazis of the holocaust. Even Hitler censured them for their human rights abuses. A popular game among Jap soldiers in China was to throw Chinese babies up in the air and see how many could be caught on a bayonet. Such brutality was encouraged. Nan King, Unit 731... unimaginable. They made Dr. Mengele look like Mother Theresa. The entire population was at fault for allowing their nation to do such atrocities. No American should feel any remorse for doing anything at all to put an immediate stop to their horrific acts.

Plus, I think it was important to let Mother Russia know that we have the bomb and are willing to use it.

Too bad we couldn't have done it sooner.

OF COURSE! we should also apologize to all the alquida members for murdering their people, all the white supremecy groups for hitler, etc,etc,etc. We should just spend every waking minute of every day apologizing to everyone for any physical, mental, or emotional harm we have done to anyone

Here's my Dad in 1944.
As recently as last year, he was still not a fan of anything or anyone Japanese.
So pretty sure he hasn't forgiven them.
And apologize?
LOL

I talked to my Uncle several years ago about this subject. Uncle Francis was in the Navy during WWII and was on a destroyer, what boat I can't remember. Unk. told me that if we had not dropped those bombs on Japan it would have cost the U. S. THOUSANDS OF LIVES. He said if we had not dropped the bombs we would have had to fight every person in Japan house to house. Said we would have had to fight women, old men, kids, from door to door.
I wasn't there, but he was and I trust his word.

Danny’s post says everything I think on the subject.

DaveP my grandfather was at Okinawa. He was not a fan either

It seem there's philosophical debate these past 10 years about the morals of America, more so than any other time I recall.

The 1960's children, are thankfully retiring from all the institutional portions they've held for 5-6 decades, so maybe the teaching/governance/morals/etc. will change for the better.

Maybe these educated hippies will apologize for screwing up this country

Prolly not, and their kids, and kid's kids have picked up their secular banner.

God help us.

Why are we the only ones who have to play by the rules .Who started the war?

I agree with you. Wasn't the attack on Pearl Harbor a preemptive strike with their main target being the Philippines?