POLL: NO ONE SHOULD HAVE NUKES

Hey, check it out! An AP/Ipsos poll of 1001 Americans found that 2/3rds believe that no country on the planet should have nukes--including America. Nice!! It's nice to see that at least 660 (or so) people in America feel that nukes are simply a bad idea across the board.

Read more about this poll (and how much farther we have to go in educating each other about nukes) in this article from AP.org over at News.Yahoo.com.

Incidentally, the study found that:

Six in 10 people age 65 and older approve of the use of the atomic bomb at the end of World War II; the same percentage of respondents 18 to 29 disapprove.

The article also mentions:

Albert Kauzmann, a 57-year-old resident of Norcross, Ga., said using the bomb in 1945 "was the best way they had of ending" World War II.

Try using that excuse to the face of a native Japanese person--it doesn't work. Try watching the brilliant documentary from Erol Morris, The Fog of War. It features over 100 minutes (the DVD has even more) of former Secretary of Defense Robert S. Macnamara talking about his experiences in war with the enemies of the USG. He points out how the excessive firebombing of civilian targets had already done what a nuke could do. Of course, as we all know, we used the nukes anyway. The reason older people still think the atom bomb was the best way to end the war is because they're still buying the propaganda from the time. We didn't have to use the atom bomb on anyone--as I recall Macnamara says in that docu that dropping the bomb was a good way to see how the atom bomb worked--how effective it could be. He casually wonders if he should be considered a war criminal. After all these years the possible answer seems to worry him.

I'm not a member of the "Blame America First" club--I'm a member of the "Let's Live by Example" club.

I know, I know--silly me.