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According to two new studies published this week, Americans are losing confidence in President Bush's Mid-East policy.
Diminished Public Appetite for Military Force and Mideast Oil Five Years Later…
The Pew Research Center
September 6th, 2006
Five years later, Americans' views of the impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have changed little, but opinions about how best to protect against future attacks have shifted substantially. In particular, far more Americans say reducing America's overseas military presence, rather than expanding it, will have a greater effect in reducing the threat of terrorism.
By a 45% to 32% margin, more Americans believe that the best way to reduce the threat of terrorist attacks on the U.S. is to decrease, not increase, America's military presence overseas. This is a stark reversal from the public's position on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In the summer of 2002, before serious public discussion of removing Saddam Hussein from power had begun, nearly half (48%) said that the best way to reduce terrorism was to increase our military involvement overseas, while just 29% said less involvement would make us safer.
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National Study of U.S. Teens Shows Fewer Youth Confident in War on Terrorism and War in Iraq
Harris Interactive
September 6th, 2006
Approaching the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, a study of U.S. teens (ages 13-18) shows youth believe that America will not succeed in the war on terror or in the war in Iraq. Only 38 percent of teens trust the government in Washington to do what is right in the war on terrorism – half the percentage that agreed with that statement following the 2001 tragedy (76%). Fewer youth currently feel assured that the government can prevent future attacks, and they are not optimistic that the war in Iraq will end any time in the near future.
These are the results of a nationwide Harris Interactive® YouthQuery omnibus survey of 1,487 U.S. youth ages 8 to 18, fielded online between August 16 and August 24, 2006. This release only includes findings of a subgroup of 929 teens ages 13 to 18.
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