The majority of Americans oppose the idea of US troops being used to defend Israel if it comes under attack by Iran, according to a poll conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that was released on Tuesday.
The poll, conducted from June 21–July 1, 2024, found that 56% of Americans oppose US troops defending Israel, while 42% support the idea. Support for defending Israel is stronger among Republicans, with 53% in favor and only 32% of Democrats in favor.
The survey also found that 55% of Americans oppose US troops defending Israel if it comes under attack by a neighboring country.
The results come as the Biden administration is vowing to defend Israel from an expected Iranian reprisal attack for the killing of Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. A major coordinated attack launched by Iran and its allies could result in American casualties, and the US support for Israel risks a major regional war.
The US defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April, which came in response to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. The Biden administration intervened directly to protect Israel and is pledging to do so again without any authorization from Congress or any debate on the matter.
The Chicago Council showed the lowest level of support for defending Israel among Americans since the Chicago Council began asking the question in 2010. In 2015, 2018, and 2021, the majority of Americans (53%) supported the idea.
The Chicago Council attributed the lower level of American support for defending Israel to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza. “The unrelenting Israeli attacks against Gaza have likely dampened American willingness to defend Israel, especially among Democrats,” reads an article published on the Chicago Council website.
I wonder how many of those 42% who support would actually be willing to go themselves and fight.
I'm betting the 42% are mostly older conservatives who want to send young people to go do it for them.
There are an awful lot of lefty liberal hawks still wearing US-Ukrainian flags on their lapel.
The left, right has no meaning anymore, when they are lockstep with Israel ūber alles.
Accurate
Inaccurate and not true among the general public and nor among "back benchers" in Congress.
Among the public as opposed to the ruling class, the anti-war Left is a major source of anti-Zionist action. The Right, for the most part, is brutal in its demands for punishment of antiwar protesters.
now that one sounds accurate to me
Very True,
The supposed "Left" and "Right" wings of the establishment have the same possitions on all of the important issues.
The only things they disagree on are mostly political theater "culture war" nonsense designed to keep people in constant conflict.
True about the US ruling class, aka the establishment.
As to the general public, , there is very significant opposition to Israel's genocide among Democrats.
There's virtually none among Republicans.
There is very significant opposition to Israel's genocide among Democrats.
There's virtually none among Republicans.
The anti-Israel protests on campus were organized and supported by the Left. Rightists for the most part have been howling for severe punishment of protesters.
They are insignificant” if they can’t do anything about it.
There’s far more Democrats than Republicans opposed to a US war for Israel.
It’s pretty simple, sport. Read the article.
I reject the lessor of two evil comparison. So, yes it’s irrelevant.
I didn’t make a lesser of two evils argument.
I stated a simple fact.
I couldn’t give a damn what you reject. Clearly your mind is closed tight on the issue.
Locked. And threw away the key. Yes.
Need to watch out for generalizations fellas. I am a lefty, born that way. I am antiwar, all the way, everyday. Pro peace!!! Pro humanity!………………… No labels on any lapels! Proudly left handed as well! Obviously, a sign of a true person of peace. :-]
Re Israel & the US public, the Left has been at the forefront of the protests against the Gaza genocide.
Rightists for the most part are howling for deportations and other severe punishments for people protesting Israel's mass slaughter.
The Right, led by the fundamentalists, has changed its tune on Israel and is now the largest source of support for pro-Israel US policy and military aid.
Ukraine is another matter. I think there is very little support for putting US troops on the ground there. A small fraction of the 42% who support a US war for Israel. Those lapel pins don't equal support for direct US military intervention.
Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
That Tim Walz falsely believes the free speech guarantee doesn’t include what he considers to be ‘misinformation’ or ‘hate speech’ will bother almost no Dem supporters, since the vast majority of them want the state to be empowered to censor dissent.
” Tim Walz falsely believes the free speech guarantee doesn’t include what he considers to be ‘misinformation’ or ‘hate speech”
Listen to the full clip, he’s emphasizing intentionally spreading lies to disrupt election; for instance ending texts with lies about polling place locations.
Or Douglass Mackey who was recently sentenced to jail for posting ads on twitter falsely claiming that Hillary supporters could vote by text message during the 2016 election.
You can tell Walz realizes misspoke, but 8 second video clip sloshing around the right wing gutter cuts him off just as he’s trying to clarify that point.
The ruling class is far more uniform in its support of Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity, but even there, the most opposition is found on the left wing.
Nearly all GOP in Congress have been howling for imprisonment and exile of anti-Zionist protesters. They are joined by maybe half of the Democrats
The US public is against a US war with Israel and polls show that opposition is weaker on the right and strongest on the left.
I don't agree with hate speech laws.
But what exactly does that have to do with Democratic support for Palestine?
Hakeem Jeffries(D) and Chuck U. Schumer(D) led the Biden-Harris (D) administration effort to send an additional $26 Billion to Israel to help with the Gaza genocide.
“Hakeem Jeffries(D) and Chuck U. Schumer(D) led the Biden-Harris (D) administration effort to send an additional $26 Billion to Israel to help with the Gaza genocide.”
Mike Johnson led the effort as well.
You’re all over the map Warren because you can’t refute my points; so, you change your arguments repeatedly.
All the far rightists are busy supporting Israel and attacking peace protesters. Spin it all you want, but essentially your being deceitful.
Do you refute the facts of my above comment? Do you doubt that Hakeem Jeffries is an Israel First democrat?
Of course their are pro-Israel Democrats in Congress, but there are more Republicans.
Among the populace, there are far more opponents of Israel on the left and the Right is filled with authoritarians who are brutal in their suggestions abut what should be done to anti-Israel protesters.
Do you refute any of that Warren? Or will you move on to another argument?
The fact is we had no open genocide in Gaza during the four years Trump was President. History will record that the Gaza mass murders happened under a democrat administration.
These particular Gaza mass murders (which were just a continuation of decades of mass murder in Palestine) happend under a Likud administration.
With the full backing of a democrat administration in Washington.
And the full backing of a Republican House in Washington. And the previous four years of full backing by a Republican administration in Washington. And in the assurance that the full backing will continue if that Republican administration comes back.
So basically you’re saying it’s a wash between Harris and Trump on the Israel thing. You may be right about that. But Trump has always been a Wild card and he can’t run again in 2028 so he might be willing to shake things up in his next term.
“So basically you’re saying it’s a wash between Harris and Trump on the Israel thing.”
I’d put my certainty on that at about 98%.
The other 2% is the slim possibility that Harris might surprise and be better than Trump or Biden on “the Israel thing,” if for no other reason than that she’ll want some kind of “unique/signature legacy” marker and it happens to be a headline issue.
2% are lousy odds.
Yes, 2% is lousy odds. But if I was willing to vote "major party," I guess I'd go with the 2% rather than the 0%.
Yes, there were always murders. But never on the scale we have seen recently, particularly of women, children and even babies.
And it's gone on for 10 months. Neither Trump nor the majority of republicans have demanded that the genocide end. Although I've heard them say "finish the job" aplenty. Maybe I was misunderstanding them.
We’ve seen Biden run over to Israel to jump into Netanyahoos arms a week after Oct 7. Trump has stayed in the US and it was ultimately Netanyahoo who came to visit him at Mar-a-lago .
Yes, and Trump shook the mass murderers' hand and said they were friends. Never mind that he chastised Biden/Harris for withholding a shipment of 2000 lb. bombs, and said they weren't giving Israel what they need to GET THE JOB DONE. Or him saying the radical protesters would be deported under him and said Jews would be out of their minds if they voted for Biden (now Harris). But you continue to focus on the fact that Trump didn't go to Israel as the reason Trump is different when in reality, he's completely on board with what Israel is doing save for the bad PR..
You can play "Whataboutery?" all day long but at the end of the day it is Harris-Biden who are the ones making the decisions to back the genocide in Gaza.
Meaning?
And you can pretend that Trump ever was any different, or fantasize that he will magically become any different, all day long, but at the end of the day he has been, and would almost certainly remain, precisely as much of an Israeli mole in the Oval Office as Biden.
Perhaps. But at least with Trump we will know who is actually making the decisions.
I wasn't playing "whataboutery". You brought up Trump not going to Israel as if that proves Trump's position on the Gaza slaughter is different from Biden/ Harris. And it would have been if his non visit had been accompanied by a statement like, 'If I were president, I'd call Bibi and tell him to stop the genocide NOW or I'd cut his ass off pronto'. Instead he shakes his friend's hand and bitches about Harris being a no show. And his only rhetoric about Gaza sounds similar to Tom Cotton and Niki Haley. And finally, I wouldn't vote for anyone associated with condoning this genocide. My ballot with have 3 candidates that I know who are against it, so I have other choices besides Trump or Harris.
That’s true, but it’s not nearly the whole story.
The Pro-Palestine left drove Biden out of office.
There isn’t really any Pro Palestine Right that has any influence with Trump.
There is one unknown, would Trump go to war for Israel?
It seems that Harris would.
Would Trump really have a choice?
“The Pro-Palestine left drove Biden out of office” ?! LOL
If they’re that damn powerful how come they couldn’t stop the democrat controlled White House and Senate from approving the $26 Billion War package to Israel?
I think “drove Biden out of office” is a stronger description than the facts merit.
But they certainly played a part in creating the perception that he couldn’t win re-election, and it’s that perception that drove him out of the race.
So, how did the republicans vote on that $26 billion?
Apples and Oranges Warren.
I notice this is your MO when faced with facts you can’t handle.
I also notice you’re right wing racist filth.
Anybody who thinks “the pro-Palestine left drove Biden out of office” is a flat out idiot. Why am I wasting my time arguing with you?
Anyone who still supports Trump is a flat out fascist.
Explain "republican" New York City and how they have brutally cracked down on pro-Palestine protests in that "liberal" city that practically feted violent and destructive BLM protests not so long ago.
Mayor Adams is not a leftist or even particularly liberal.
He’s a former cop and is on the right on the Democratic Party.
Those of us on the left know that as bad as Biden Harris are on Israel, Trump Vance would be worse.
Let’s be frank about it. Adams is a not very bright stooge DEI hire. That has become very obvious.
Why is it that whenever a black government official presides over a clusterfuck, it’s because of his or her race, but whenever a white government official presides over a clusterfuck, it’s some other reason?
You may have a point. It will be tough for Adams to be as big a clusterfuck as former mayor deAssio.
Nope. Adams was elected, not hired.
“DEI hire” is the latest bit of right-wing racism. It’s what racists say about all non-whites in positions of authority, but of course it never is applied to non-white rightists.
You may have noticed that AIPAC can elect a ham sandwich to office if they choose. Adams is a DEI stooge. And you’re still a leftwing idiot.
Fq you and your racism too, pig.
You're probably right,
But the terms "Conservative" "Liberal" "Left" Right" are so relative and can mean so many different things, they're almost meaningless.
When I said Conservative I was refering more to the "Evangelical", "Fundementalist" and "Dominionist" segments who are fanatic Isra-hell supporters.
I’m glad you didn’t use the word “Christian” to describe them. With enthusiastic complicity from the media , they’ve attempted to hijack the word.
In this instance I'm reminded of the "True Scotsman" fallacy
Some "Christians" believe it is nessesary to support Israel and their slaughter to be a good Christian.
Other "Christians" believe no follower of Christ would support Israel's genocide.
But who are the "True" Christians?
I feel same issue applies to a lot of political labels.
Who is a "True" Conservative?
Who is a "True" Liberal?
I don’t know , I’m just old enough to remember that before they became hard-core Zionists, they used to be called “Evangelical Protestants” rather than “Christians”.
I'm not saying you're wrong.
I usually don't like to use labels like "Liberal, Conservative, Left, Right" because so many people who call themselves this can have such diverging possitions.
I don't like to generalize, If you ask someone like John Hagee who founded "Christians United for Israel" I think he'd say he's deffinitely a true Christian.
But I know there are a lot of Christians who disagree and don't want Christianity to be defined by people like John Hagee.
Labels can be really confusing.
Right & left are two lanes on the same one-way street. Said someone else long before me.
That 42% comprised of aging population stuck on stupid, or would like to expedite end-times, because they have one foot over their own graves.
"That 42% comprised of aging population stuck on stupid" So you think that old people are stupid.
I said “stuck on stupid” Can you guess what is the “stupid?”
Support for Zionism in the US is fossilized.
"I wonder how many of those 42% who support would actually be willing to go themselves and fight."
ZERO
GOP&DNC LLC are pro-Israel 100%
"I wonder how many of those 42% who support would actually be willing to go themselves and fight."
ZERO
GOP&DNC LLC are pro-Israel 100%
Oh, wait! Another "new Pearl Harbor" and 80% of Americans are all for invading… What was the name of that nation again?
They may very well have planned to blame the Trump assassination on an "Iranian plot" if it had succeeded.
A twofer.
Not "may". 100% certainty.
Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
So the person who came very close to blowing Trump's head off was just some wayward 20-year-old with no political views or online footprint, and it almost happened because of absurd 'errors' by the Secret Service?
And now we're done with that story for the next 2 decades or so?
9:46 AM · Aug 7, 2024
An aircraft carrier is my bet.
Big deal. Americans overwhelmingly oppose having open borders and what has that gotten us? Since when does the government care what the majority of Americans want?
Well, they should if the US were a democracy. But then who's going to be taking that seriously?
Zelensky
You should ask the House why they chose not to passed the new border bill, that would help close those borders.
The border was closed under President Trump. All Harris-Biden had to do was continue the successful Trump policies. The Democrats wanted to flood the country with illegals.
The border was wide open under Trump, as it was under all of his predecessors, for the simple reason that “securing” it is a utopian fantasy.
Like the Obama administration, however, the Biden administration did abduct and deport a lot more immigrants than Trump’s administration did. Not “illegals,” though — the US Constitution says there’s no such thing.
They have official figures for illegal aliens every year. They tell the story. It’s been a complete disaster under Harris – Biden.
Which may or may not be true, but it still does explain the failure of the house to pass the border bill. Sorry, Warren, putting the chances of electing a convicted felon over the needs of the nation is wrong.
Everybody from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to Judge Judy to Prof. Alan Dershowitz have debunked the indictments against Trump as bogus lawfare and obviously politically motivated.
1967 borders, I can support past that they are the invaders.
Well if Jordan and Syria stayed out of the six day war, they would not have lost the West Bank and the Golan Heights to Israel. But they did chose to join the fight and thus they lost territory to Israel. Later Jordon made peace with Israel and Jordan did not want the West Bank back in the peace deal.
So your argument is that it is just two dogs fighting over a scrap of meet and my dog has won? What is moral fair or just about that outcome. Why do I care if the dogs want to keep fighting, if they win it back then that is equally moral fair and just as the prior conquest.
John, what my argument is that that is what happen. I am not judging if it is fair or moral. The truth is that in 1948 Israel and Jordan (then called trans-Jordan) grabbed up the land that could have become a Palestinian state. The king of Jordan at the time was more interested in expanding his kingdom than the Palestinians. His taking of the West Bank and two years later making it part of the Jordan seemed to be lost on many. But if happen. That is how the 1967 cease fire lines became the de facto border of Israel for 19 years. Feel free to look it up. Read the book titled 1948. It is a un bias history of that region at that time.
1946 borders.
Supporting a country that bombs all its neighbors weekly and assume immunity is crazy. Keep the tax money at home for infrastructure.
Is the 42% in support? I am confused.
In this current version, it says "42% support the idea."
The poll itself was confusing at the link.
"a majority of Americans" really ?
i will guess that the majority of Americans are not even aware that US sends money weapons and troops to Israel.
what
;-/…….:-)……..
Antiwar expert, Spy On This, demands that question be added to the Chicago Council questions. The Chicago Council: No way. We see that finger. That finger is aimed at us.
I think it is the middle one l.
Lol…!
If antiwar.com reached every household in the US the % would be in the 80's.
No, all the lamestream media that is controlled by just six groups will be saying that being against the war is anti-semitic, racist and homophobic among other things.
You mean Liestream Media…?!
;-/
I'm thinking a good number would ignore that. If everyone could compare the two it would be hard to ignore the truth. The problem is most people don't see the truth. But I might have been dreaming to think it would be in the 80's percentage wise.
Yep you are dreaming, which is part of your charm.
Thank you Tim, For reminding all of us about our true purpose here at antiwar.com . I am sure that is why Christ sent you here to us.
Blessed be!
I should add, my husband is Jewish and a truly blessed and gifted man, for which I am eternally greatful!
Antiwar.com is just one of many points of view. Read its charter. According to its charter, the site is dedicated to the cause of non-interventionism. Which means its reporting by definition is slanted toward that view point. Just like people don't follow CNN or FoxNews because they believe they are just propaganda sites for a certain point of view antiwar readership will limited for the same reason.
Antiwar is available to everyone. Many read it once and simply pass on it.
You mean like this "point of view":
Smotrich: 'Justified' To Starve 2 Million to Death
Now imagine that headline plastered all over our MSM. You can't. That's the difference between being truthful and being slanted. You know, it's a hard sell to say we have "shared values" with people like this guy. So, most people don't have a clue monsters like him hold high level positions in Israel's government.
”Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee! Blessed art though amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus! Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death (may it not be too soon!)!” Amen!
Freedom of speech is a gift to all of us and may we use it wisely.
The door is open to everyone. It is as simple as putting one foot in front of the other.
I feel truly blessed today!
I realize, once again, how much love and joy I have, because of God the father, Mary the mother and. Christ, the one, true son!
Blessed be to all of us, from here to eternity!
Yea, it's the Donor Class that matters to our selected politicians.
Israel is a troublemaker in the Middle East, killing, assassinating and stealing, essentially because it can rely on corrupt American politicians to come to its rescue.
However, this is not what Americans wish. A majority of Americans, 56%, oppose using US troops to defend Israel when its victims retaliate.
However, both Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump profess to be 100% behind Israel. What’s wrong here?
Kamala Harris should take her distances from the rogue Israeli government.
Touché ole!
That was a major slap in the face when Vice President Harris refused to sit behind Netanyahu when he gave his address to Congress. Credit where credit is due.
But policy wise, there will be little difference from Biden. I'm thinking that was for show more than anything.
No question about that. Pure Political theater. She’s thinking about her coronation at the democratic convention and not losing Michigan and the “uncommitted” vote. Third World Immigration and changed demographics have created a new dynamic for the democrat party.
Does it matter what the Polls say? Our Republic was built on "Freedom" for all humans. We have a "Separation of Church and State". We have a Constitution. Our Nation is built on Laws and should always be the example for following Laws, including International Laws. Our Soldiers died in WW11 to STOP a Genocide, NOT help in a Genocide. The only thing our "Real" America, Republic, should be doing, is destroying the Zionist Regime in Israel and return all occupied lands back to the Palestinians. That would be following the "Rule of Law". Vote OUT all the Zionist in our Nation!
Stopping a genocide was a retroactive excuse for WW2, not the reason for WW2.
It could be argued that the genocide would never have happened if the War had been averted.
The Nazi ideology of anti-Bolshevism and master race supremacy would have led to world war and genocide even if the allies abandoned Poland.
Similar to what appears to be the predominant ideology of Israel of anti-Arab and Chosen People supremacy, if allowed to continue. The Germans never went back 2000 years and more as their justification though.
Well, technically speaking, the Germans did. They based their ideology on an alleged thousands of years old notion of "Aryan supremacy." The Zionists are just copying them because it worked out so well for the Germans…
There was no thousand years old notion for the past, but there was for the future.
Yes, but since 90% of the elected reps and 100% of the executive is owned by Iz, what the people may want/not want is immaterial.
The poll asked the wrong question. Israel is not under threat of invasion. It wants to expand into Lebanon and Syria. How many Americans want to go help conquer those nations?
I'm over 50 and at no point in my life do I recall anyone in government giving a hump what a majority of Americans want.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8ed1f3c414f70cceeb87451d83b82e953976dac48d5ecd5431d6608f7912cc0d.jpg But we allllwwwaaaayysss protect our lil' buddy no matter what he does- its our ting
Watch this great short clip from a retired US Army General saying the obvious. Netanyahu's strategy is to provoke a war with Lebanon and Iran so the US military joins in.
https://youtu.be/LUBTkJi3pxU?t=648
Slight correction: Colonel, not General, Retired. But he's absolutely right – yet even Antiwar.com reports can't actually say it in such plain language – not "journalistic" enough for them, apparently.
Why should we help out an apartheid, ethnic cleansing, genocidal Master Race state like Israel?
Where are they hiding Joe Biden?
Kamaler following him insofar as questioning by the state-affiliated MSM.
It really doesn't matter what Americans are asked in these polls. The political class gives them the same consideration that they do to used toilet paper.
stop giving Israel weapons
Funny!
And since when does the opinion of the USofT herd of MMS/3i's matter for anything*?
At best the Pentagon will deploy double the previous amount, just to show who's BOSS!
(*Except LGGBBDTTQQUIAAAAPPP2SNBGVGQGNC+ stuff of course!)
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