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Revisiting Jihad in Fort Hood

Sixty-three percent (63%) of U.S. voters say political correctness prevented the military from responding to warning signs from Major Nidal Malik Hasan that could have prevented the Fort Hood shootings from taking place.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 16% disagree and do not believe political correctness kept military authorities from possibly stopping the killing of 13 people and the wounding of many others in the November 5 incident. Twenty-one percent (21%) are not sure.

Voters also have very mixed feelings about how President Obama and the Army responded to the Fort Hood incident.

Older Americans are more suspicious of political correctness than voters under 40. Whites were more likely than African-Americans to think political correctness kept the military from responding to warning signs from Hasan.

Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major political party overwhelmingly believe political correctness held the military back. That view is shared by 49% of Democrats while 23% of those in the president’s party disagree.

Seventy-five percent (75%) of Mainstream Americans think political correctness prevented the military from responding before the attacks took place, but a plurality (49%) of the Political Class disagrees.

New reports say authorities were aware of suspicious behavior and comments by Hasan, a devout Muslim, but no action was taken against him, in part because of concern that there might be an appearance of anti-Islamic bias. Both President Obama and the Army chief of staff urged Americans not to jump to conclusions about the cause of the shootings just after they took place.

But in a Rasmussen Reports survey less than a week after the shootings, 60% of Americans said the massacre at the Texas army base should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act.

Forty-six percent (46%) of voters say the Army’s response to the incident was good or excellent while 17% rate it as poor.

As for the president, 43% give Obama positive marks for his response but 29% say his reaction to the shootings was poor.

Male voters are more critical of both the Army and the president than female voters are.

A plurality (47%) of Democrats say Obama’s response to the tragedy was excellent. Fifty percent (50%) of GOP voters and 34% of unaffiliateds say the president’s response was poor.

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Diciembre 2, 2009 · Filed Under INTERNATIONAL, JIHAD

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On Veterans in US Army

As the nation honors its veterans today, 81% of Americans say they have a favorable opinion of the U.S. military, the highest finding in five years of surveying by Rasmussen Reports.

Only nine percent (9%) have an unfavorable opinion of the military, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Ten percent (10%) aren’t sure how they view those serving in the armed forces.

In annual surveys dating back to 2005, those having a favorable opinion of the U.S. military have ranged from 71% to 79%.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of adults say Veterans Day is one of our nation’s most important holidays, up six points from last year. Just four percent (4%) believe it’s one of the least important holidays, while 42% say it’s somewhere in between the two.  

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Noviembre 24, 2009 · Filed Under INTERNATIONAL, JIHAD

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Fort Hood Jihadist Attack?

Sixty percent (60%) of likely voters nationwide say last week’s shootings at Fort Hood should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 27% want the incident investigated by civilian authorities as a criminal act. Another 13% are not sure.

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Noviembre 23, 2009 · Filed Under INTERNATIONAL, JIHAD

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