Americans are statistically tied on the question about POTUS being remembered for starting a new war in Iraq
Based on the NBC News/Marist poll results, which have a margin of error of +/- 4.0 percentage points, Americans are statistically tied on the question of whether President Obama will be remembered for getting the country into a “new war.”
The poll results show that 40% of respondents believe that President Obama will be remembered for ending the war in Iraq compared to 44% of respondents who believe he’ll be remembered for “starting a new” war with the terrorist group, Islamic State (IS).
President Obama asked Congress for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in order to allow a more limited and targeted use of U.S. ground forces against IS.
In his letter, the president reiterated his belief that Iraqis should take the lead in defending their country and that the U.S. military’s role should be “limited.”
President Obama is quoted in the letter as saying, “My Administration’s draft AUMF would not authorize long-term, large-scale ground combat operations like those our Nation conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan. Local forces, rather than U.S. military forces should be deployed to conduct such operations. The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other, more limited circumstances.”
Congressional members on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern about the president’s AUMF.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hinted that the president’s AUMF is a “draft” and therefore not in its final stage.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) took it a little further and stated that the “president’s request” will not help the U.S. military to defeat IS.
According to the NBC News/Marist poll, a majority of respondents, 54%, want their congressional members to vote for the president’s AUMF while 32% want their congressional members to vote against the president’s AUMF.
The poll results also show that President Obama has greater support for sending in “a limited number of U.S. ground forces,” 40%, while only 26% of respondents support “sending in a large number of U.S. ground forces.”
The poll results show that 40% of respondents believe that President Obama will be remembered for ending the war in Iraq compared to 44% of respondents who believe he’ll be remembered for “starting a new” war with the terrorist group, Islamic State (IS).
President Obama asked Congress for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in order to allow a more limited and targeted use of U.S. ground forces against IS.
In his letter, the president reiterated his belief that Iraqis should take the lead in defending their country and that the U.S. military’s role should be “limited.”
President Obama is quoted in the letter as saying, “My Administration’s draft AUMF would not authorize long-term, large-scale ground combat operations like those our Nation conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan. Local forces, rather than U.S. military forces should be deployed to conduct such operations. The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other, more limited circumstances.”
Congressional members on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern about the president’s AUMF.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hinted that the president’s AUMF is a “draft” and therefore not in its final stage.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) took it a little further and stated that the “president’s request” will not help the U.S. military to defeat IS.
According to the NBC News/Marist poll, a majority of respondents, 54%, want their congressional members to vote for the president’s AUMF while 32% want their congressional members to vote against the president’s AUMF.
The poll results also show that President Obama has greater support for sending in “a limited number of U.S. ground forces,” 40%, while only 26% of respondents support “sending in a large number of U.S. ground forces.”
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