Americans seem quite conflicted when it comes to President Obama’s plan to deal with the ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll taken over the weekend, a solid 68 percent of Americans have “very little” or “just some” confidence in Obama’s strategy and its ability to deliver success.
Only 28 percent of respondents said that they have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in the plan.
However, Americans are happy that Obama has at least made moves to combat ISIS. The poll shows that 62 percent of registered voters are in favor of the president’s strategy to deal with ISIS in Iraq. In contrast, only 22 percent are not supportive of his plan.
The poll involved 500 registered voters and was taken before news broke of the beheading of British aid worker David Haines at the hands of ISIS militants.
On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News that Obama’s plan to not have boots on the ground in Syria is “delusional.”
“This idea that we’re never going to have boots on the ground in Syria is fantasy. All this has come home to roost after the last three years of incompetent decisions,” Graham asserted. “It’s delusional in the way they approach this.”
What’s more, Democrats — like Sen. Kay Hagan and Sen. Dianne Feinstein — have also criticized Obama for his mishandling of the ISIS situation.
Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster, said of the conflicting poll numbers, “The president has made his case to the American public, and like other presidents who faced war and peace issues, support usually follows. The difference in this military encounter is that, right out of the box, Americans are skeptical if this will work.”
