Dropping the bomb on Japan: Right or wrong?

Published August 8, 2013 4:00am ET



Six decades have passed since America dropped nuclear weapons on two Japanese cities to end World War II. Washington Examiner columnists Timothy P. Carney and Michael Barone have conflicting opinions on whether it was right or wrong.

Carney writes: “Deliberately targeting civilians is murder, and is never morally licit, even in pursuit of a good thing such as ending a war.”

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