Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they lack confidence that the U.S. will achieve its goals in fighting the terrorist group ISIS, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll. The findings come in the wake of President Barack Obama’s national address announcing new measures to combat the Sunni militants.Pressure is mounting on the U.S. and its allies to cripple the militants, who have waged a brutal campaign across Syria and Iraq. ISIS already has beheaded two American journalists and on Saturday released a video showing the execution of a third Westerner, British aid worker David Haines.The poll – conducted before the latest execution emerged – showed that a combined 68 percent of Americans say they have “very little” or “just some” confidence that Obama’s goals of degrading and eliminating the threat posed by ISIS will be achieved. Just 28 percent said they had “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence. Still, 62 percent of voters say they support Obama’s decision to take action against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, while 22 percent oppose it.
Post-Americans support victory over jihad. They just realize this guy ain't made of what's necessary to do it.
Hard to believe a majority of Americans are up for more shock and aww.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe, but the polls bear it out.
ReplyDeleteWell, let's roll then. That's what democracy is all about. How do you expect thing to go this time with the wrong commander in Chief and no dicks like Cheney?
ReplyDeleteNot well. No one, except the fractious Syrian "moderates" (who seem to have pretty much made a devil's pact with the very entity at war with us), the Iraqi army, which needs a lot of training and is backed by an unstable government, and the pershmerga, who are good but can't do it by themselves, seems willing to contribute any ground troops. And I just can't see the MEC reversing course on his position on US ground troops. Air power alone ain't gonna do it.
ReplyDeleteOh crap, at least 2 more years of your incessant whining. 13 years of war in the ME and we are getting out to go back in. And a majority support that? It appears that low info is on your side here bro. I know, I know, it's the beheadings, stupids.
ReplyDeleteDid you think they were great or something? Maybe pointing the way to lasting peace?
ReplyDeleteSure, been a long wait for some good beheadings.
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