Facing Decisions of War

I think NBC aired this piece on the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb because, despite whether or not it was the right thing to do, it was still a momentous event in history that requires ample reflection. I do not condone the use of the atom bombs in 1945, however back in WWII, the circumstances called for a new rulebook. The threat of the Nazis made all moral codes appear obsolete in the decisions of warfare. In the eyes of the US Government, the bombs were a realistic counterattack to the horrors initiated by the Nazis. The Nazis killed millions, versus the bombs killed less than five hundred thousand.

The only aspect of this video that scared me was hearing an elementary school girl say that every time she hears a plane fly overhead she fears it will drop a bomb. I find it surprising that she would still fear such an attack when the war is long past. Does this imply that her teacher did not explain that the threat of another bombing died with the war's end? I can only hope that this kind of fear will not morph into a desire for revenge, or justification for strengthening nuclear warfare capabilities.