Poll shows "crises in public confidence" in U.S.
 
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:18:10 -0500 (CDT)


Poll shows " crises in public confidence " in U.S.

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Americans are increasingly anxious about the direction of U.S.
foreign policy, with little public appetite for using military force
to settle international disputes, according to a poll released
Wednesday.

The study, published by think tank Public Agenda and the magazine
Foreign Affairs, revealed that an overwhelming 84 percent of
respondents worried about the way things were going for the United
States in world affairs and 82 percent said the world was becoming
more dangerous for the U.S. and its people.

59 percent of respondents said they did say they did not trust the
government to tell the truth on foreign affairs. However, 70 percent
of the polled people favored withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, and
only 8 percent favored military action against Iran, which has
repeatedly defied the United States over its peaceful nuclear
program.

"This latest Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index... provides
mounting evidence of widespread public doubt about the country's
international position," the two organizations said in the study.

"The Anxiety Indicator is moving closer to the 150 mark, the 'red
zone' that to me would signal a full blown crisis of public
confidence," said Daniel Yankelovich, chairman of Public Agenda.

"We are seeing the public seriously inclined to limit America's
foreign policy options because they no longer trust Washington's
judgment," said Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs managing editor.

"The public has come to the conclusion that military solutions
aren't the answer," said Public Agenda's president, Ruth Wooden.