Washington Post: Poll: Far more trust generals than Trump on N. Korea, while two-thirds oppose preemptive strike
Two-thirds of Americans oppose launching a preemptive military strike against North Korea, with a majority trusting the U.S. military to handle the escalating nuclear crisis responsibly but not President Trump, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds.
Roughly three-quarters of the public supports tougher economic sanctions on North Korea in an attempt to persuade it to give up its nuclear weapons, while just about one-third think the United States should offer the isolated country foreign aid or other incentives.
The Post-ABC poll finds 37 percent of adults trust Trump either “a great deal” or “a good amount” to responsibly handle the situation with North Korea, while 42 percent trust the commander in chief “not at all.” By comparison, 72 percent trust U.S. military leaders, including 43 percent saying they trust them “a great deal.”
A scant 8 percent of Americans surveyed think North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can act responsibly.
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Update: Trump trails generals in confidence on N. Korea by nearly 2:1 margin: poll (The Hill)
WNU Editor: I can understand the public's reluctance to start a war with North Korea .... it is a lose-lose situation for veryone. As for trusting the Generals when it comes to national security policies .... oh oh .... that is going down a very dangerous road.
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I believe they trust the generals mainly because they do not trust the president, a man who has shown himself not very reliable in staking out positions and following through on those positions. A man who prides himself on being unpredictable. A guy whose ego seems easily injured and in need of constant smoothing...It was after all the generals who recently said that there was no military option that was really viable.
Absolutely right, Fred
War is the worse thing ever. So, we have to let NoKo time enough to be ready to confront anybody. In 1938 we gave time to Hitler (he confess in 1940 that he was not ready) because we didn't a war in Europe as in WWI with 5 millions dead. Nice thought, but we finished with 50 millions dead. What a success!
For making peace we need, at least, to be two, the one who want war doesn't need any approval.
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