Posted on 12/29/2018 3:18:07 AM PST by 11th_VA
A narrow majority of U.S. voters support President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and reduce the country's military presence in Afghanistan, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill.
Fifty-two percent of respondents said they back the moves in Syria and Afghanistan, which came as a surprise to the president's own national security advisers when it was announced last week. By contrast, 48 percent said they oppose the troop withdrawals and reductions, the poll found.
Trump announced he would completely remove the approximately 2,000 troops in Syria battling ISIS, while he said he would cut in half the roughly 14,000 U.S. force in Afghanistan.
The announcements contributed to the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis and Brett McGurk, the U.S. special envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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It would be much more than a narrow majority if not for the maniacs. There are people (we all know them) who have been anti-war their whole lives yet oppose this because they hate President Trump and anything he does.
As much as liberals hate Trump I doubt that many (non-politician) ones are against his move to bring home the troops. They can tell a pollster that it’s a bad idea but they probably agree with him, but will never say it.
The polls are rubbish. I haven’t met anyone who wants us to stay in Afghanistan.
Believe no poll until the internals are produced.
or in other words...the same as his favorable poll ratings
Pretty impressive considering the mainstream media’s been a non-stop cavalcade of neoconservatives screaming bloody murder over this.
It’s flat out illegal to stay in Syria.
If it were the Kenyan, it would read: “Overwhelming
majority backs Obama on Syria, Afghanistan troop reductions...a clear mandate!”
Funny.
I haven’t seen all that many anti-war people in political activism during my lifetime.
Certainly there were damned few of them in the United States during the sixties and seventies. Actual war protesters would protest against the diplomatic corps, Congress, the president, and the state department. The people who actually decide whether or not there will be a war.
People who protest at military bases are not in any way opposing the existence of war, they are merely opposing soldiers. It was like people angry at a law firm protesting the mailman for delivering legal notices.
If obama wanted to pull out of syrua he would have gotten 17 nobel peace prizes by now
Which means a large majority backs PDJT on Syria,Afghanistan troop reductions. The results were probably higher than they liked but of course can't put it out there like that so that have to position it as barely having support.
Remember yesterday's headline from The Hill's fake poll was Majority in poll want Trump impeached or censured-a poll that they took in Jerry Nadler's living room. Their definition of majority seems to be fluid.
Is Soros going to organize marches to demand that troops be kept in Syria?
[As much as liberals hate Trump I doubt that many (non-politician) ones are against his move to bring home the troops. They can tell a pollster that it’s a bad idea but they probably agree with him, but will never say it.]
If the Harris poll shows Trump with a 52% & 48%....it is probably more like 60%-40%, in the real world. I trust no polls whatsoever.
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What are our troops accomplishing there? Are they fighting a war and killing the enemy? No? Then get them out
Why take polls? Voters couldn’t find Syria or Afghanistan on a marked map.
These should prove useful when he goes skiing in Aspen this winter.
Two possibilities here
This is a lie, and most people feel our duty and mission in the ME is over.
Or, nearly half the people in this country will follow and believe whatever the liberals say regardless of contradictions
My goodness, I remember all the liberal anti war people under GW and the media constantly trying to undermine the military while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Irrelevant article. Syria is old news what most people think no longer matters with regard to Syria
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