President Obama's Visit To Hiroshima Is Panned By Critics On Both The Right And Left

Dave Boyer, The Washington Times: Obama’s Hiroshima visit panned by critics on left, right

President Obama burnished his legacy as the president who went to Hiroshima, but critics on the left and right say the historic visit probably won’t make a bit of difference for his dream of a world without nuclear weapons.

“In terms of his avowed goal of nuclear disarmament, no,” said Dean Cheng, a specialist on Asia and national security at the Heritage Foundation. “The Chinese aren’t going to give up nuclear weapons, the Russians aren’t going to give up nuclear weapons.”

Peace groups praised the president’s visit Friday to the site of the first nuclear bomb attack, where Mr. Obama called for a “moral revolution” to rid the world of nukes. But they said Mr. Obama’s lofty rhetoric doesn’t match his record in office.

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WNU Editor: U.S. critics may have panned it, but the criticism from Asia has (in some quarters) been hostile over no mention of Japanese atrocities. As to what is my take .... a visit to Hiroshima was always on his "bucket list" .... it is now off his list.