Interesting. . . .
Poll: Most Americans Support Dropping WWII Atom Bombs Tuesday, August 4, 2009 12:40 PM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Quinnipiac University poll finds a majority of Americans surveyed believe dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do.
The poll released Tuesday found 61 percent of American voters questioned believe the U.S. did the right thing. Twenty-two percent called it wrong and 16 percent were undecided.
The first bomb was dropped Aug. 6, 1945, on Hiroshima. An estimated 140,000 people were killed instantly or died within a few months. Tens of thousands more died from radiation poisoning in the years following.
Three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. Japan surrendered less than a week later.
Quinnipiac surveyed 2,409 registered voters from July 27 to Aug. 3. The poll has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_hiroshima_nagasaki_poll/2009/08/04/243730.html