but it is close to Trump's general approval rating.

What did Lincoln say about fooling some of the people all of the time?

So ~19% didn't have an opinion? That's just weird.

to current events and foreign affairs, people who rarely watch or read the news. I can believe 19% don't know what to think.

At least there a majority disapprove.

This was a plurality in support of his action.

Plus, note that this is approval for the assassination in a vacuum. Once further implications for the U.S. become clear, I think the undecided respondents will tip toward disapproving.

I only wish it was them, their children or their grandchildren who would be exclusively tasked with the upcoming warfare. That's what they deserve.

Seriously, these morons are so far gone, he can do anything and they'd believe it was someone else's fault or was divined by God.

the numbers against "military action" would have gone up by one.

or disapprove. Only 38% disapproved (with 26% strongly disapproving).

Also, 71% think Iran is a serious threat to us (with 11% not sure). That's a lot of folks not trusting Iran.

It is a little early for a poll to reflect much on the airstrike, but I bet this pretty much blows over in a few days. Oil prices are almost back to where they were before airstrike.

I'd like to see us move back to impeachment, the 2020 election, etc. I don't support trump's action, but the vast majority of people don't seem upset by the airstrike.

I also hope this is a good reason to leave Iraq. As long as we have troops in the Middle East -- especially Iraq -- this junk is going to happen no matter who is Prez.

from a lot of voters.

I hope to heck that doesn't happen. Personally, if we can have nukes, I see no reason for bombing other countries to keep them from getting the same.

to poll under 50% approval for offing an alleged terrorist mastermind is surprising, that stuff is typically used as a show piece for our bloodthirsty population
at this point, all Iran would have to do to capitalize on the situation is... nothing.

don’t see it as improper or just don’t care.

I don’t think Iran will do anything major. trump and hawks will, of course, blame Iran for anything that happens in next six months.

I still hope we leave Iraq.

the Trumpists have been openly hating on Iran for years. Trump has the military blow up a man Trumpists describe as a terrorist leader about to launch attacks against our people and interests around the world...

...and gets 43% approval for it.

over half of Americans won't support Trump when he kills a person he calls a terrorist. this strikes me as at least somewhat important, especially since he's only a couple neuron misfires away from declaring all Democrats to be traitors.

you may be legally taken out as a terrorist. I'm thinking it was bad and may lead to war but Soleimani was a state sponsored terrorist killing innocents.

we have killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan war?

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government until yesterday. Iran attacking civilians and US troops in Iraq is state sponsored terrorism. Do not build soleimani up to be anything better than a terrorist. That being said tearing up the Iran deal and ratcheting up to war is misguided. Looks like Pompeo was the one whispering in Trump's ear and he's an evangelical who wants end times where you and i will burn in hell.

We have no right to act unilaterally in their name when they did not ask us too. And what Iran is doing in Iraq is no different that what we've done all over the world for decades, if not centuries.

Granted Soleimani was a monster, however, we are not in a declared war with Iran (yet), and assassinating him for previous bad acts was illegal.

(I do not disagree in principle. Just not sure if that designation means a great deal, given the practical history here.)

I bet we’d see approval numbers tank. Some Americans are just dazzled by the thought of killing others, especially if they’re brown AND Muslim, but not so dazzled by our people getting killed.

These polls are stupid and predictable. It’s always the same. Idiots will be idiots no matter how often their idiocy slams them upside their idiotic heads.

Want to get a good high number in support of Trump before too many details come along to spoil things for U! S! A! crowd.

This was a completely unprovoked, unconstitutional act of war. Period. The same lies and BS will accompany this war that accompanies the last war (and the one we still wage). We are "taxed enough already", can't provide higher education, quality infrastructure and health care to our people, but by goddamnit we never avoid a war and by the time the corporate media and probably a few Democratic sellouts get done, we'll be playing the anthem and waving flags. Wash/Rinse/Repeat. This is all being lead by the most incompetent of men, a real piece of vermin. What's that make us?

This is so fucking depressing.

before he was killed.

Sick - the culture of death.

there are several who are very vocal about how it is a good thing.

of the killing.

Assassination of a foreign national is illegal under both international and U.S. law. The U.S. would have to be at war with Iran for this to be considered legal, and we are not. We were at war with Al Qaeda after 9-11, that was different. Congress authorized military action. And actually we were at war with them even before that, because they very specifically declared war against us in an official declaration.

No state of war exists with Iran. This was straight up murder. Call it a war crime or call it a crime. It was illegal under both international and U.S. law. Oh, and it was really fucking stupid too.

and civilians to get the US to leave Iraq to them. Terrorism. Soleimani was a state sponsored terrorist. I agree it was stupid to kill him. Also stupid to rip up the anti nuke agreement John Kerry negotiated. Radical islam was becoming less popular after ISIS. Bet this revs it up again. This was bad.

Supporting a local population resisting an illegal foreign invasion is not terrorism. By that rationale, the American support of Afghanistan in its resistance to the Soviet Union, or Tibetan exiles against China, or God knows how many other times we have done this, could also be considered terrorism. And that means other countries would have a right to kill our military generals.

cultural sites would be. And this was Saturday.

https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-accuse-trump-threatening-commit-war-crimes-against-iran-1480450

that is being supportive of him.

It wasn't the right thing to do, but some are really eager for war, even around here.

was the dividend of beating something as evil as ISIS,with all of the Trump Iranian policy including killing Soleimani.

Isn't that special!

In other words, no surprise there. Those idiots would eat shit if Trump told them too.

I'd say all of his evangelical support base.

Everything he does is rightfully viewed with suspicion. As for myself I'm taking a wait and see approach and trying to judge the action as if It was done by a president I don't loathe.

Haven’t read that here, that’s a majority

and the remainder don’t know or can’t be arsed to decide.

if he raped and murdered a 6 year old on nationwide TV.

the six year old was their own child.

what was the imminent danger?????? Lies again.