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bigtree

(85,813 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:21 PM Jun 2014

Poll: 52 percent disapprove of President Obama on Iraq

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Poll: 52 percent disapprove of Obama on Iraq http://j.mp/1nC15qy



"When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances, for waiting and patience is over. Too many lives have been lost and too many billions have been spent for us to trust the President on another tried-and-failed policy, opposed by generals and experts, opposed by Democrats and Republicans, opposed by Americans and even the Iraqis themselves. It is time to change our policy. It is time to give Iraqis their country back . . ."

BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jan. 19, 2007
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Poll: 52 percent disapprove of President Obama on Iraq (Original Post) bigtree Jun 2014 OP
That is completely unsurprising ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #1
I dunno. I'm surprised. Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2014 #2
True ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #3
Yep, the armchair quarterbacking is always the easiest... arthritisR_US Jun 2014 #12
The majority of this country are downright ignorant. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #4
Were they ignorant when they elected Obama? former9thward Jun 2014 #6
I wasn't. I love the guy. I'm glad every day that he's President. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #9
There is more than one definition of "ignorant", you may be misinterpreting the posters intent. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #15
What do they disapprove of? Whenever foreign policy is the topic of a poll, TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #5
Most Americans know when a leader is trying to draw them into a mess we have no part of. former9thward Jun 2014 #7
The public is "split" on airstrikes. Repubs want them, Dems don't. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #8
yep, like ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #17
And even those that do ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #16
IMO Mr Dixon Jun 2014 #10
i think what this taps into is really "i dont like what i am hearing about iraq" La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #11
Pretty much. The low information American landscape being surveyed is just fodder for talking heads. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #14
Being against something is much easier, and the American public know diddly squat about modern Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #13
Agreed ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #18
Wonder what the percent dissapprove would be if the commander-in-chief were rock Jun 2014 #19
I wonder what Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #20
people are stupid, they see bad things happening in iraq so they disapprove JI7 Jun 2014 #21
Bad things will happen in Iraq FOREVER bigwillq Jun 2014 #22
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1. That is completely unsurprising ...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:29 PM
Jun 2014

unfortunately, few of that 52% agree on what should be done on Iraq.

And none of that 52% (nor the other 48%) will be held accountable for whatever position they hold.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
2. I dunno. I'm surprised.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:31 PM
Jun 2014

I can't believe that people look at the current shit storm and are thinking, "Man, I wish my kid was caught in the middle of that."

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. True ...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:35 PM
Jun 2014

But how many people have kids caught up in what President Obama hasn't done ... Yet?

Have the numbers of "Advisors" risen? If not, people disagree with a decision that hasn't been made/enacted.

former9thward

(31,684 posts)
6. Were they ignorant when they elected Obama?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:49 PM
Jun 2014

Or did they just become smart on one day in 2008 and one day in 2012?

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
5. What do they disapprove of? Whenever foreign policy is the topic of a poll,
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:36 PM
Jun 2014

you can pretty much discount it, because most Americans know ZERO about foreign policy--they only know that there's a media pile-on on Obama, and that's good enough for them.

former9thward

(31,684 posts)
7. Most Americans know when a leader is trying to draw them into a mess we have no part of.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:51 PM
Jun 2014

Americans are smarter than you think. They are sick of American military adventures in the Middle East and elsewhere.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
8. The public is "split" on airstrikes. Repubs want them, Dems don't.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:03 PM
Jun 2014

Your theory is not borne out in this poll. "Disapproval" can mean they don't think he's doing enough, or they're just blaming him for whatever goes wrong in the world.

Mr Dixon

(1,185 posts)
10. IMO
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:13 PM
Jun 2014

I have little to no faith in the American public; they are spoon fed and most never even look for their own answers. They question nothing, their knowledge of even rudimentary subjects are limited at best. Our society has to be the most selfish on the planet, voting against their own best interest constantly. Morons is an understatement, we’re stuck in mud on the same issue every election cycle, race, gender, religion, economics the 1% play the public like a flute daily, divide and conquer why change if still works every time?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
13. Being against something is much easier, and the American public know diddly squat about modern
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:21 PM
Jun 2014

Iraq, just as intended by the media.
Polling on complex matters is useless with a simpleminded pool

rock

(13,218 posts)
19. Wonder what the percent dissapprove would be if the commander-in-chief were
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:54 PM
Jun 2014

(say) bush* or cheney! How well would they be trusted?

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
20. I wonder what
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jun 2014

the respondents want him to do differently in Iraq. Are they in favor of a more hawkish agenda, or do they want something that is isolationist?

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
22. Bad things will happen in Iraq FOREVER
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:35 PM
Jun 2014

if the past and present are any indication. We need to cut our losses in that region and get the hell out once and for all.

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