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Obama’s high-profile trip to Hiroshima was accompanied by a media storm that gave endless justifications for the US use of the atomic bomb on Japanese civilians. The myths are widely accepted in society, and underpin the notion of US exceptionalism.
Abby Martin interviews Dr. Peter Kuznick, coauthor with Director Oliver Stone of the bestselling book and HBO series The Untold History of the United States, about the real story behind the use of the atomic bombs — as well as the untold history of Imperial Japan, its role today for the US Empire, and the danger for new war on the horizon.
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