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    Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Have Low Approval of Obama

    Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Have Low Approval of Obama

    Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2014



    Here's a statistic you don't hear much about from the mainstream media: 73 percent of troops deaths in Afghanistan have occurred under President Obama's watch thanks to new rules of engagement. More from CNSNews:

    In total, 2,144 U.S. military personnel have given their lives fighting in and around Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    1,575 of the U.S. military personnel who have sacrificed their lives in this cause were killed during the presidency of Barack Obama.

    That means 73 percent of the casualties in the Afghan War have happened on Barack Obama’s watch.

    Under President George W. Bush, from 2001 until Jan. 20, 2009, 569 U.S. military personnel were killed in and around Afghanistan fighting in Operation Enduring Freedom.

    Obama also has presided over the top five deadliest months of the war, which include: August 2011, when there were 71 deaths; July 2010, when there were 65 deaths; June 2010, when there were 60 deaths; October 2009, when there were 58 deaths; and August 2010, when there were 55 deaths.


    And here is a chart that includes the 2014 casualties so far:


    Now, a new poll from the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation shows Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans do not view President Obama favorably and have a much high approval for former President George W. Bush.


    The poll also indicates moral in our armed forces is very low and shows treatment of returning veterans is "not so good."



    Just last month, President Obama and Secretary of Defense Hagel announced their proposal to gut military forces to pre-World War Two levels.






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    Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans Give Obama Poor Grades

    By Adam O'Neal - March 31, 2014
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    Just 32 percent of military veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, according to a new poll from the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. In a related question, only 42 percent of those surveyed said they believe Obama is a “good commander-in-chief of the military.” Forty eight percent said he is not.
    Veterans were asked a similar question about former President George W. Bush. Sixty-five percent said they felt he was a good commander-in-chief, while 28 percent responded he was not.
    The expansive collection of post-war polling asked current and former service members for their opinions on a series of political issues, as well as personal and cultural ones. Forty-seven percent consider themselves independents; 27 percent identified as Republicans, and just 17 percent said they were Democrats.
    Only 44 percent of veterans believe that the war in Iraq “was worth fighting,” while 50 percent believe the opposite. Afghanistan, however, is still considered a more popular war: 53 percent believe it has been worth fighting and 41 percent think otherwise.
    While 89 percent of veterans said they would join the military again, only 41 percent believed that the government is doing a good or excellent job “meeting the needs of the current generation of veterans.” (However, 59 percent felt that their personal needs had been met.) Unsurprisingly, 83 percent of veterans oppose reductions in benefits for servicemen and -women -- even if not making the cuts leads to budget deficits.
    A majority of service members, 58 percent, support women serving in combat roles, and half believe it won’t make “much difference” in military effectiveness. Fifty-four percent of those polled believe that the military is doing enough to prevent sexual assaults among their ranks.
    The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation survey of 891 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was conducted Aug. 1-Dec. 15, 2013 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

    Related Topics: Afghanistan, Iraq War, Barack Obama

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    Just weeks after the Senate GOP blocked a bill providing help to veterans, news has emerged showing that 1,900 veterans have committed suicide since January 1, 2014.
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