70% ♥ Guantanamo, 83% ♥ drone assassinations, 70% ♥ drone assassinations of Americans
Washington Post/ABC poll – 4 February 2012
13. Changing topics, thinking about the following decisions of the Obama administration, please tell me whether you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove.
- a. Keeping open the prison at Guantanamo Bay for terrorist suspects
- b. The drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
- c. The use of unmanned, “drone” aircraft against terrorist suspects overseas
14. (If approve of drone aircraft) What if those suspected terrorists are American citizens living in other countries? In that case do you approve or disapprove of the use of drones?
| approve | disapprove | no opinion | no. | total | strongly | somewhat | total | strongly | somewhat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13a | 70 | 42 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| 13b | 78 | 56 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| 13c | 83 | 59 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 79 | 17 | 4 |
Ok. The Washington Post/ABC poll stuck in the ‘somewhat’ category to muddy the waters. Still… have you ever seen a more brutal collection of smiling young drones in your life?