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).
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
....having learned for the first time that there were any US troops in Syria, but if Trump wanted them out, that was enough to want troops deployed there.
(Do you think 50% of all Americans could point out Syria on an unlabeled globe? I don't. Maybe 10%. Maybe.)
Don’t forget about the oil pipelines criss-crossing the ME. There’s a power grab going on behind the scenes between all the major players, but of course we were told by Bush and Obama that the reason we’re there is to “keep America safe.” Enough already.
A few thoughts here.
Having US troops in Syria without a clear mission, given the nature of this conflict makes no sense.
Also, we may have just provided Erdogan a green light to annihilate the Kurds.
Who needs a foreign war when there is a war brewing on our border and in our streets.
Yeah that’s stopped us before! :)
Good move on Trump’s part.
i would question any ‘poll’ that required reasonably in-depth knowledge of foreign policy and foreign wars. How many of these people really know why the President made that decision?
I bet a much larger majority would approve if they were more thoughtful and had better (non fake news) information.
Knowing the poll questions would be designed to give a negative rating for Trump, this is real good news...
America voted 4 - 1 for President Trump. I believe it will be necessary in 2020 to stop the media from lying to America and announcing the democrat the winner no matter the vote. Yes I believe the media and democrats collude to that level of cheating
Is that the same majority in a Hill poll that want him impeached?
Is that the same majority in a Hill poll that want him impeached?
If the MSM reports a narrow edge for Trump, then it’s better than a narrow edge for Trump.
Polls created by fake news organizations? Who knows what the hell is really true.
If you asked the other 48%, do you think they could define the mission and endgame in both countries?
And another 17 years.
“The vast majority of the American people are standing with and behind you.”
I don’t know about that. It seems a small majority put the Democrats back in control of the House. Also, a number of FReepers in the past have been very supportive of the Kurds, who may be hurt by the pull-out.
The polls are rubbish. I haven’t met anyone who wants us to stay in Afghanistan.
/
really? there’re quite a few crazy neocons in this forum, I don’t think they are happy with Trump’s decision.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.