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Few Americans see Obama as strong military leader
2011-03-26
[Arab News] Only 17 percent of Americans see President Barack B.O. Obama as a strong and decisive military leader, according to a Rooters/Ipsos poll taken after the United States and its allies began bombing Libya.
Perhaps they'll change their minds after it's gone on six months.
Nearly half of those polled view Obama as a cautious and consultative commander-in-chief and more than a third see him as indecisive in military matters.

Obama was widely criticized in 2009 for his months-long consultations with senior aides and military chiefs on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Critics called it dithering, but he said such a big decision required careful deliberation. He eventually dispatched 30,000 more troops.

But Obama is facing mounting discontent among opposition Republicans and from within his own Democratic Party over the fuzzy aims of the US -led mission in Libya and the lack of a clearly spelled-out exit strategy for US forces.

If the Libya mission becomes a foreign policy mess, mixed with perceptions Obama is a weak military leader, it could spell trouble for him in the 2012 presidential election.

The poll also found that 60 percent of Americans support the United States and its allies bombing Libya to impose a no-fly zone to protect civilians from Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy
... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ...
's forces.

Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said the United States and its allies should try to remove Qadaffy, who has ruled the oil-exporting North African country for more than four decades.
Posted by:Fred

#4  With the removal of the bust of Winston Churchill the dye was cast. Reviewing the many inspirational speeches of Churchill, Kennedy, Regan and many others you can plainly see a terrible contrast. We do not have leadership, direction, policy or goals. We flounder about with issues unsettled and fear of what the future may bring. I would suggest a review the following and you can see the difference a leader can bring;

Posted by: Dale   2011-03-26 19:54  

#3  Only 17 percent of Americans see President Barack B.O. Obama as a strong and decisive military leader

17%? That high? Go figure.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-03-26 15:27  

#2  Few Americans see Obama as strong military leader.

fify....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2011-03-26 15:17  

#1  But we love his NCAA brackets.
Posted by: newc   2011-03-26 12:23  

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