rasmussenreports.com - 11/3/2009
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Voter confidence in Americaâs conduct of the War on Terror has fallen to its lowest level since the first week of January in 2007. Voters are also much less optimistic about the course of the war in Iraq. New Rasmussen Reports national telephone polling finds that just 34% of voters say the ...
mudvillegazette.com - 10/28/2009
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mudvillegazette.com —
By the looks of it, this NY Times
story was going to tell the whole truth :...
The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the looks of it, the ceremony that unfolded last week inside the Presidential Palace here was marking a joyous, even triumphant, occasion. ...
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Round Two
boomantribune.com - 26 days ago
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boomantribune.com —
Ft. Hood has exposed a terrible wound in
the fabric of America, but that wound was there...
long before a lone gunman named Major Hassan decided to go postal on his fellow soldiers. Our ethical and moral values have been obliterated since September 11, ...
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The Cost of Choosing Endless War
bloomberg.com - 29 days ago
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Confidence in War on Terror Fading
Power Line —
... Scott Rasmussen finds that Americans' confidence in the progress of the war on terror is at its lowest ebb since January 2007. Currently, only 34 percent think the U.S. and its allies are winning the war, while 29 percent opt for the terrorists. That shouldn't be surprising, with events continuing to drift in Afghanistan and negative headlines coming out of Iraq. The bottom line, I suspect, is that more and more Americans are concluding that the Obama administration isn't serious about trying to defeat the terrorists, and therefore won't. ...
Bush Bad
Jules Crittenden —
... O’s GWOT-handling public approval numbers just hit pre-Surge levels. Only 34 percent think we’re winning. The American public hasn’t had this dim a view of American war leadership since January 2007. That’s not just bad. That’s Bush bad. Rasmussen . Maybe it’s because, from Guantanamo to Afghanistan, he isn’t handling the GWOT. ...
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