Another poll shows that a majority of Americans favor the Iraq Study Group approach and believe the Administration’s international strategy has “diminished US security,” reports World Public Opinion.org. Developed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, the poll shows that more Americans believe the fear of US military force leads other countries to seek weapons of mass destruction. Survey respondents overwhelmingly place strategies of pre-emptive strike and regime change into the “bad” ideas category.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.