WASHINGTON - As the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approaches, commentaries abound about why the United States used its atomic weapons, and whether they (or the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan) prompted the Japanese government to surrender.
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