Poll: Dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima/Nagasaki was right thing to do, 3 to 1

[Little-Acorn]

The most worrisome conclusion to draw from this poll, is that 22% of Americans say we should have gone on fighting instead, losing half a million more American lives by invading Japan (plus a million or more Japanese lives), to come to the same conclusion: Allied victory and finally an end to the fighting.

A million and a half more deaths, is what that 22% wanted before we ended the war.

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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51999

By Nearly 3-1 Margin, Americans Say It Was Right To Drop Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima; Nearly Half of Liberals Agree

Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Chris Neefus

(CNSNews.com) – Americans agree 3-1 that it was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday.

Pollsters found that 61 percent of registered voters who responded said they thought it was the right thing to do, while just 22 percent thought it was wrong. 16 percent reported they did not know whether it was right or wrong.

The question, part of a public opinion poll on a variety of current events, asked:

“As you may know, on Aug 6th and Aug 9th in 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two. Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?”

Voters over 55 years old, most likely to remember the war and its aftermath, approved most strongly, 73 percent in favor and 13 percent against. Support dips as respondents get younger, with those aged 35 to 54 approving 60 - 23 percent and those aged 18-34 less certain. 50 percent of the younger demographic approves, with 32 percent disapproving and 18 percent undecided.

Though self-identified conservatives most strongly approved of the decision with 69 percent support, nearly half of those who said they were liberals also sided with President Truman. 47 percent of that group supported the decision, while 37 percent said it was wrong and 16 percent were unsure.

The poll was conducted by telephone and sampled 2,409 registered voters across the country from July 27 through August 3. Quinnipiac says the margin of error is +/- 2 percentage points.

[gabosaurus]

Dayum, I actually agree with Little Acorn about something.
Funny how revisionist Japanese history tries to place the blame on the U.S. for dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Where in both instances, the Japanese warlords rejected ultimatums stating what would happen.
WWII history buffs know exactly what happened and why. The Japanese sealed their own doom.

[Little-Acorn]

The Japanese sealed their own doom.

They sealed their own doom by attacking a much larger country with vastly more warmaking capability. Yamamoto knew that before the smoke cleared at Pearl Harbor.

We did them a favor, by killing 200,000 of them with nukes instead of killing 1,000,000 of them with bullets. Those were the only two choices we had.

We didn't do it for them, of course. We decided to kill zero Americans by dropping the nukes, rather than killing an estimated half million Americans by a conventional invasion.

Killing 800,000 **FEWER** Japanese in the process, was just collateral damage, or non-damage in this case.

No charge.

[gabosaurus]

The Japanese are quick to point out how many were killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But much less likely to point out how many Chinese were slaughtered at Nanking (over 300,000) when the Japanese took over in the late 1930s.

The Japanese also charged that the Americans were more interesting in killing civilians than ending the war. If that had been the case, the bombs would have been dropped on Tokyo and Osaka.

[Gaffer]

Actually the Japanese total would have be way more than a million. That million estimate is just of the soldiers they would have lost. The regular population would have lost in excess of 20 million. America would have been on the verge of a genocide against the Japanese by the time all was done.

Those who do not learn from history are destine to repeat it.

If they want to show how terrible the atomic bombings were, then they also need to show why they were necessary. Show Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, the kind of fighting that took place there. Show the fire bombings of Tokyo and Yokohama. This sort of thing would have happened a hundred fold even before the invasion started. They need to take in the loyalty and fanaticism of every Japanese citizen.

It seems the dumbing down of our society has been going very well for the Marxist.

[5stringJeff]

Necessary, yes. But also heartbreaking.

[actsnoblemartin]

some estimates had it as high as losing a million of our boys if we didnt drop the bomb


The most worrisome conclusion to draw from this poll, is that 22% of Americans say we should have gone on fighting instead, losing half a million more American lives by invading Japan (plus a million or more Japanese lives), to come to the same conclusion: Allied victory and finally an end to the fighting.

A million and a half more deaths, is what that 22% wanted before we ended the war.

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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51999

By Nearly 3-1 Margin, Americans Say It Was Right To Drop Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima; Nearly Half of Liberals Agree

Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Chris Neefus

(CNSNews.com) – Americans agree 3-1 that it was right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday.

Pollsters found that 61 percent of registered voters who responded said they thought it was the right thing to do, while just 22 percent thought it was wrong. 16 percent reported they did not know whether it was right or wrong.

The question, part of a public opinion poll on a variety of current events, asked:

“As you may know, on Aug 6th and Aug 9th in 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two. Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?”

Voters over 55 years old, most likely to remember the war and its aftermath, approved most strongly, 73 percent in favor and 13 percent against. Support dips as respondents get younger, with those aged 35 to 54 approving 60 - 23 percent and those aged 18-34 less certain. 50 percent of the younger demographic approves, with 32 percent disapproving and 18 percent undecided.

Though self-identified conservatives most strongly approved of the decision with 69 percent support, nearly half of those who said they were liberals also sided with President Truman. 47 percent of that group supported the decision, while 37 percent said it was wrong and 16 percent were unsure.

The poll was conducted by telephone and sampled 2,409 registered voters across the country from July 27 through August 3. Quinnipiac says the margin of error is +/- 2 percentage points.

[Gaffer]

some estimates had it as high as losing a million of our boys if we didnt drop the bomb

Not to mention the other countries that would have lost troops as well. Almost every country in the world, by that time, had declared war on Japan.

[namvet]

shouldn't this be in another forum????

oh well. think of consequences to Truman. if grieving families find out he had a weapon to end it and not use it ?????

also funding was running out

[namvet]

some estimates had it as high as losing a million of our boys if we didnt drop the bomb

those were military estimates Martin. which were always low in the battles fought. at Tarawa they said only 2 marines were needed. 1 with a rifle and 1 with a clipboard to keep score OOOP!!!!

[emmett]

shouldn't this be in another forum????

oh well. think of consequences to Truman. if grieving families find out he had a weapon to end it and not use it ?????

also funding was running out

Actually debate on the dropping of the bomb on Japan belongs in this exact thread.

Thank You though.

[namvet]

Actually debate on the dropping of the bomb on Japan belongs in this exact thread.

Thank You though.

guess im to used to working military forums.