On the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Quinnipiac University of Hamden Connecticut came out with an interesting poll wherein Americans supported the use of atomic weapons against Japan by a margin of nearly 4 to 1. That’s not the interesting part. The interesting part of the poll is that support for Harry Truman’s decision to drop the bomb decreases dramatically among poll respondents aged 18-34, while support increases as the ages of those polled increases. The good news is that close to 80% of Americans today support Mr. Truman’s decision. The bad news is that only 50% of those aged 18-34 lend their support.
