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Plurality of Americans now disapprove of decision to use atomic bomb on Japan

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CBS News poll: What do Americans think of the 1945 use of the atomic bomb?


CBS News poll: What do Americans think of the 1945 use of the atomic bomb? By Sarah Dutton,Jennifer De Pinto,Fred Backus andAnthony Salvanto

With President Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima Friday, Americans are divided on whether or not they approve of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 near the end of World War II. The U.S.dropped the bombsto try to avoid what would have been a bloody ground assault on the Japanese mainland, following the fierce battle for Japan's southernmost Okinawan islands, which took 12,520 American lives and an estimated 200,000 Japanese, about half civilians.

Forty-three percent of Americans say they approve of the use of the atomic bomb on Japanese cities in 1945, while 44 percent disapprove.

Approval has dropped markedly: in July 2005 Gallup recorded that a majority of Americans approved of the U.S.'s actions in using the atomic bomb against Japan.

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Americans are divided by gender, race, political affiliation, and age. Most white Americans, most men, and most Republicans approve of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan in World War II, while more non-white Americans, most women, and most Democrats disapprove.

Americans under 45 are more likely to disapprove of the U.S.'s actions, while older Americans 55 and up tend to approve.

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This poll was conducted by telephone May 13-17, 2016 among a random sample of 1,014 adults nationwide. Data collection was conducted on behalf of CBS News by SSRS of Media, PA. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones.

The poll employed a random digit dial methodology. For the landline sample, a respondent was randomly selected from all adults in the household. For the cell sample, interviews were conducted with the person who answered the phone.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish using live interviewers.

The data have been weighted to reflect U.S. Census figures on demographic variables.

The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher and is available by request. The margin of error includes the effects of standard weighting procedures which enlarge sampling error slightly.

This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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America the only country that accuses other countries of having WMDs,while been the only country in the whole wide world to have a used them twice
The country that accused other countries of using bilogical agents against it's own people (even though it was them that sold those agents to those regimes).While it is a historical fact (Clinton officially apologised for that program) that they themselves have covertly used bilogical agents against their own people.
As for the subject at hand,winning or shortening the war was only a second factor in the use of those bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The primary reason was a show of force against the perceived rising threat of the USSR.
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Thuganomics wrote:America the only country that accuses other countries of having WMDs,while been the only country in the whole wide world to have a used them twice
The country that accused other countries of using bilogical agents against it's own people (even though it was them that sold those agents to those regimes).While it is a historical fact (Clinton officially apologised for that program) that they themselves have covertly used bilogical agents against their own people.
As for the subject at hand,winning or shortening the war was only a second factor in the use of those bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The primary reason was a show of force against the perceived rising threat of the USSR.
~~~DWIGHT EISENHOWER
"...in [July] 1945... Secretary of War Stimson, visiting my headquarters in Germany, informed me that our government was preparing to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. I was one of those who felt that there were a number of cogent reasons to question the wisdom of such an act. ...the Secretary, upon giving me the news of the successful bomb test in New Mexico, and of the plan for using it, asked for my reaction, apparently expecting a vigorous assent.
"During his recitation of the relevant facts, I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face'. The Secretary was deeply perturbed by my attitude..."

- Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate For Change, pg. 380

In a Newsweek interview, Eisenhower again recalled the meeting with Stimson:

"...the Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing."
- Ike on Ike, Newsweek, 11/11/63
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Many American politicians don't reveal the facts behind the dropping of nuclear bombs against Japan. Japan was not experimented as some claim; to the contrary, the American navy in the Pacific found themselves in a situation where if the war went on, they would've been out of navy ships. That is, at the end of the war, the Japanese had adopted kamikaze missions where planes full of fuel and ammunition were heading straight to the American navy ships. Even when the planes got hit, the Japanese pilots were driving them towards the American navy ships. These kamikaze missions were something that the Americans were not prepared for, and have resulted many navy ships being taken out in the Pacific ocean. President Truman wanted to end it, and the only option available to him was the dropping of the bomb.
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The Nuclear detonations were a necessary evil, if there was a mainland invasion of Japan it would have resulted in more American and Japanese lives being lost.
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While 44 percent of U.S. Citizens might disapprove of the first use of a nuclear strike in the world I guarantee you that U.S. Policy makers overwhelmingly agree it was wise to wipe Hiroshima and Nagasaki of the face of the earth because it sent a message to the rest of the world.
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Skyflyguy wrote:While 44 percent of U.S. Citizens might disapprove of the first use of a nuclear strike in the world I guarantee you that U.S. Policy makers overwhelmingly agree it was wise to wipe Hiroshima and Nagasaki of the face of the earth because it sent a message to the rest of the world.
Lancer wrote:The Nuclear detonations were a necessary evil, if there was a mainland invasion of Japan it would have resulted in more American and Japanese lives being lost.
President Eisenhower is on record saying that he didn't think it was necessary.

Japan already lost.

They were going to surrender.
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That might be true but keep in mind eisenhower is a general turned president, he knows better than to say anything that's not in his interest. What you'd have to do is look at the bigger chest board not just japan, in each region of the world there is something called a "near pear competitor" by nuking japan America opened the door to take over the pacific countries since it's "near pear competitor" which was japan in that case rolled over for it, following that nuking of japan the U.S engaged in war in the Korean Peninsula, a war with Vietnam etc etc.
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Who finds this thread interesting???
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FAH1223 wrote:
Skyflyguy wrote:While 44 percent of U.S. Citizens might disapprove of the first use of a nuclear strike in the world I guarantee you that U.S. Policy makers overwhelmingly agree it was wise to wipe Hiroshima and Nagasaki of the face of the earth because it sent a message to the rest of the world.
Lancer wrote:The Nuclear detonations were a necessary evil, if there was a mainland invasion of Japan it would have resulted in more American and Japanese lives being lost.
President Eisenhower is on record saying that he didn't think it was necessary.

Japan already lost.

They were going to surrender.
They were going to surrender but not unconditionally which is what the majority of US policymakers wanted. Eisenhower was an opponent of an unconditional surrender which is why he thinks it wasn't necessary.
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Doesn't matter if they lost or not, nukes were used for experiment.
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X.Playa wrote:Who finds this thread interesting???
As America gets less white and more young, opinions are changing

The demographic shifts are happening
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Thats meaningless the white opinion changed little though.
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Is there a poll on the Japanese opinion of Pearl Harbor?
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The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not cause as much physical destruction as people seem to think. The most devastation occurred due to the incendiary bombs the Americans were dropping. Absolutely destroyed Japanese cities that were primarily built with timber.
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