via Politico.
*the sampling size is incredibly small...I hate when pollsters use mini-samples to determine where the public is on issues.
*I dislike the fact that we don't know the percentage of Republicans, Democrats or Independents that were surveyed.
Having said that, I will add that this is just the beginning. House Republicans no longer see a need to protect the military from budget cuts BECAUSE they see deficits as a bigger threat to our national security than a rising China.
I tend to agree.
We will see what we'll see but it seems like the US military has been bitten by the "normalcy" bug. Its just like every other institution in America...its a shattered shell of its once glorious self, so why shouldn't it be held in the same contempt as other organizations. That's what normal is these days...not outstanding, doesn't stand out, just conforms and fits in.
Americans’ opinion of the country’s military strength is at a low point, with 50 percent saying the nation’s armed forces are indisputably the strongest in the world, according to a poll released Wednesday.That represents a 14 percent drop from two years ago, when 64 percent of Americans told Gallup the U.S. military was clearly the world’s strongest. The 50 percent mark is the lowest in Gallup’s polling on the issue, which dates back to 1993. In Wednesday’s poll, 47 percent said the U.S. was just one of several military powers in the world, up from 34 percent in 2010.The U.S. is responsible for about 40 percent of the world’s military spending, and spends around six times as much as its closest competitor, China.Republicans are far more likely to believe it is important for the U.S. to be the world’s dominant military power, with 80 percent saying so. Only 62 percent of independents and 48 percent of Democrats believe the same. Overall, 62 percent of Americans said being the top force is important and 37 percent said it is not.The poll of 1,015 adults was conducted from Feb. 7 to Feb. 10. It has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.I'll put out a couple of things first.
*the sampling size is incredibly small...I hate when pollsters use mini-samples to determine where the public is on issues.
*I dislike the fact that we don't know the percentage of Republicans, Democrats or Independents that were surveyed.
Having said that, I will add that this is just the beginning. House Republicans no longer see a need to protect the military from budget cuts BECAUSE they see deficits as a bigger threat to our national security than a rising China.
I tend to agree.
We will see what we'll see but it seems like the US military has been bitten by the "normalcy" bug. Its just like every other institution in America...its a shattered shell of its once glorious self, so why shouldn't it be held in the same contempt as other organizations. That's what normal is these days...not outstanding, doesn't stand out, just conforms and fits in.
