Today, President Obama visited Hiroshima. It was the first time a sitting president has done so. Of course, weve entered another arena of liberal debate: were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ethical/justified/moral? The answer is yes to all three. First, lets delve into something a bit disconcerting, which is that an increasing number of Americans feel that the bombing was wrong (via WaPo): In the first Gallup poll from 1945 just after the bombings, a huge 85 percent of Americans approved the bombings.