No Nations Should Have Nukes, Most In U.S. Say

[chlamor]

Posted 3/31/2005 8:57 AM

No nations should have nukes, most in USA say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans surveyed in a poll say they do not think any country, including the United States, should have nuclear weapons. That sentiment is at odds with current efforts by some nations that are trying to develop the weapons and by terrorists seeking to add them to their arsenal.

The only use of an atomic bomb — by the United States against Japan at the end of World War II — provokes sharply different reactions, depending on the age of those asked. Young adults tend to disapprove, while older Americans tend to approve, an AP-Ipsos poll found.

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.

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.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-31-nuclear-fears_x.htm

[hedda_foil]

1. Guilt

[Karenina]

2. Americans

need to extract their heads from their stinking butts, having been the ONLY NATION to drop that NASSINESS from the skies... :eyes:

DUCK AND COVER!!!! I got in trouble with my 5th grade teacher for telling my classmates it was a USELESS EXERCISE.

[VegasWolf]

3. Especially Republican USA. n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

4. But the "culture of life" dictates that we should have uh...um....

never mind!

[Frederik]

5. Well...

"Most Americans surveyed in a poll say they do not think any country, including the United States, should have nuclear weapons."

Quite surprising, and a heartening surprise. Now here's how the USA Today spins it:

"That sentiment is at odds with current efforts by some nations that are trying to develop the weapons and by terrorists seeking to add them to their arsenal."

Ladies and gentlemen, the elephant just left the room.

[Deja Q]

6. And we're left sniffing the big dump it left behind.

:-(

(edit: changed 'they' to 'it')

[mom cat]

7. The true moral majority speaks the truth. Our "leaders" should listen.

That inclides all of the lap dog democrats.

[struggle4progress]

8. kick