Dissatisfaction with President Obama’s conduct of foreign policy has shot up among both Republicans and Democrats in the past month, even though a slim majority supports his recent decision to send military advisers to Iraq to confront the growing threat from militants there, according to the latest New York Times/CBS […] Read more »
Most Americans say Iraq war wasn’t worth the costs
Discussions of U.S. involvement in stemming the violence in Iraq are occurring amid a backdrop of highly negative views of the Iraq war, a new CBS News/New York Times poll out Monday reveals. Just 18 percent of Americans think the result of the war in Iraq was worth the loss […] Read more »
Lagging approval for Obama overall and on Iraq
President Obama receives low marks for his handling of the situation in Iraq: just 37 percent approve, and 52 percent disapprove. While most Democrats approve, nearly a third of them disapproves. Moreover, more than two-thirds of Americans do not think Mr. Obama has clearly explained what the U.S. goals are […] Read more »
Many Americans wary of U.S. role in Iraq
Fifty percent of Americans think the U.S. doesn’t have a responsibility to do something about the recent violence in Iraq, while fewer – 42 percent — think the U.S. does, a CBS News/New York Times poll reveals. … Some 41 percent of Americans think President Obama’s response to the violence […] Read more »
The Frustration Doctrine
Americans’ confidence in American leadership is flagging to such a degree that it poses a critical threat to our democracy, particularly as moneyed interests seek to manipulate the malaise and stir policy and politician away from principle and toward profit. CONT. Charles M. Blow, New York Times Read more »
Obama, Cheney and the War in Iraq
When President Obama says, as he did today, “American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again,” he’s reflecting not only his own policy preferences but also a steady theme in U.S. public opinion. And as former Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials rejoin […] Read more »