What happened to the rising isolationist sentiment I have documented in recent columns? Just three months ago I concluded, “Isolationism is extending its grip on public opinion.” Americans wanted to be less involved in world affairs and eschewed involvement in a variety of global crises. Now, seemingly all of a […] Read more »
Bipartisan Support for Obama’s Military Campaign Against ISIS
President Obama’s plan for a military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria is drawing public support. And, in a rare display of bipartisanship, majorities of both Republicans (64%) and Democrats (60%) approve of the president’s plan. CONT. Pew Read more »
Little Change in Public Support for Obama’s Islamic State Plan After Speech
President Barack Obama’s nationally televised speech on his plan to combat Islamic militants did not significantly boost public support for U.S. military action, and it did not change many people’s minds about his own leadership or his handling of foreign policy, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll has found. […] Read more »
68% lack confidence U.S. will achieve goals against ISIS
Americans by a 3-to-1 margin support President Barack Obama’s decision to take military action against the Islamic terrorist group called ISIS, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll conducted after the president’s primetime speech on Wednesday. But nearly 70% have little or “just some” confidence that the United […] Read more »
Introducing … iRAQ WAR 3.0
The third time’s the charm … until the next version, anyway. CONT. Brian McFadden, The Strip, New York Times Read more »
Most Hawkish on ISIS? Tea Party Wing of GOP
U.S. military engagement on Islamic State may alter the political calculus for this year’s midterms, but the potential impacts may reach beyond the next few months and into 2016, thanks to a shift among tea party supporters. In September 2013, 64% of tea party supporters said they believed taking military […] Read more »