時事新聞:六成美國人支持二戰時向日本投原子彈

【英文原文】

Americans say A-bomb attacks were proper: poll

摘要：最新調查顯示，61%的美國民衆認爲64年前美國向日本廣島和長崎投擲原子彈是正確之舉。

Sixty-one percent of Americans believe the United States did the right thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 64 years ago, according to a new poll.

Older voters, men and Republicans favored the attacks more than younger people, women and Democrats, the survey of 2,409 registered voters by Quinnipiac University showed.

Asked whether the United States "did the right thing or the wrong thing by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki," Republicans said it was the right thing to do by a margin of 74 to 13 percent, while Democrats favored it 49 to 29 percent.

People over 55 years old favored it by 73 to 13 percent while people aged 18 to 34 favored it 50 to 32 percent.

Men approved of the attacks 72 to 17 percent versus 51 to 27 percent for women.

Blacks and Hispanics were split. Blacks said it was the wrong thing to do by 36 to 34 percent. Hispanics said it was the right thing to do by 44 to 43 percent.

The United States dropped single bombs on the two Japanese cities in August 1945, killing tens of thousands immediately and many more later from radiation sickness.

Americans widely credit the attacks with ending World War Two, believing they may have saved lives because Japan would not have surrendered otherwise.

Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said American support has remained firm over the decades, though it was down from 85 percent approval in a Gallup poll conducted shortly after the bombings.

【中文譯文】

最新調查顯示，61%的美國民衆認爲64年前美國向日本廣島和長崎投擲原子彈是正確之舉。

昆尼皮亞克大學對2409位登記選民的調查顯示，與年輕人、女性和民主黨人相比，年長選民、男性和共和黨人更支持投擲原子彈。

在被問及您是否認爲美國“向廣島和長崎投擲原子彈是正確之舉”時，贊成和反對此舉的共和黨受訪者各佔74%和13%，而對民主黨來說，這一比例分別爲49%和29%。

55歲以上的受訪者中支持和反對此舉的比例各佔73%和13%，18歲至34歲的受訪者中這一比例分別爲50%和32%。

72%的男性受訪者支持投擲原子彈，17%反對，女性受訪者中這一比例各佔51%和27%。

非洲裔和拉美裔受訪者分歧很大。非洲裔受訪者中反對者佔多數，支持和反對的比例各佔34%和36%，而拉美裔受訪者中支持者佔多數，支持和反對比例各佔44%和43%。

1945年8月，美國向日本（廣島和長崎）兩座城市各投擲了一枚原子彈，數萬人瞬時殞命，之後又有更多人死於輻射病。

多數美國人認爲此舉推動了二戰結束，並挽救了很多生命，因爲如果當時不這麼做，日本就不會投降。

昆尼皮亞克大學民調研究所副主任皮特•布朗稱，雖然與投擲後不久蓋洛普民意測驗所顯示的85%的支持率相比有所下降，但在過去幾十年中，美國人一直堅定地支持當年的轟炸行動。