More than three if five Americans (61%) still support President Barack Obama’s 2011 decision to remove nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq — a move that congressional critics and former Bush administration officials have heavily scrutinized as Iraq falls into crisis. However, public support for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq […] Read more »
Not Worth It: Huge Majority Regret Iraq War
A divided nation finally agrees on something overwhelmingly: the war in Iraq was simply not worth fighting. Seventy-one percent of Americans now say that the war in Iraq “wasn’t worth it,” a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll shows, with skepticism about the lengthy war effort up substantially even in […] Read more »
Americans Break With ‘Pottery Barn Rule’ for Iraq
Americans are ready to be done with the “Pottery Barn rule” in Iraq. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg survey found a plurality of Americans – 49% — say Washington does not have any responsibility to assist the Iraqi government fend off the insurgent groups seeking its overthrow, a split […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say Obama ‘disengaged,’ US losing its standing
A majority of voters describes President Obama’s leadership as “disengaged,” and almost all continue to believe the nation’s reputation is declining, according to the latest Fox News poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
President Obama reaches new low on Iraq
President Obama receives his worst marks yet for handling the situation in Iraq, with 52 percent disapproving and strong negative sentiment now outpacing strong approval by 2 to 1 (34 to 17 percent) in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Poll Finds Criticism of Obama on Iraq Despite Agreement on Ground Forces
More Americans disapprove than approve of Barack Obama’s response to the situation in Iraq, even while the public broadly agrees with his decision not to send U.S. combat forces there. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll marks the difficulties Obama faces in crafting a popular response to the deepening crisis. […] Read more »