Chillicothe
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Going to the latest webpage of Real Clear Politics, the poll aggregator, shows us this about the current Administration' popularity: (approve / disapprove)
For context ----Economist/YouGov show the same stats for Congress as: 17 / 61
And Don Trump, at the end of his four years at the helm at: 44 / 53
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There can be no question that the Taliban's rush to power, the rapid collapse of the American backed Afghani government and military surprised both the Administration, our Military, and the American public. Bad surprises have consequences, thus we see 'disapprovals' of those involved jumping up in the polls.
I suspect, tho I did not look for it, but I'd expect we could see an increase in disapprovals towards our military and our intelligence community for missing completely, or at minimum, not adequately communicating the velocity of the momentum of the Taliban.
And then throw in the wild-card....wild for both America and the Taliban ..... the wild card of an Afghani branch of ISIS blowing up near 200 Afghanis and dozen or so American troops......well, that was not helpful in instilling confidence in anybody. Hopefully, it will be a one-off.
Time will tell, if the messiness of the withdrawal, the tragic deaths at the end, and the repercussions of waves of Afghan refugees here to America and to other country's of the world will have long term effects on the American Administration's perceived effectiveness, and on the world's effectiveness in dealing with the refugees.
Afghani's do have a reputation for a strong work ethic and family values.......so they may fit into some societies seamlessly. Time will tell.
This cake is still baking.
- Rasmussen ----------------------- --------------46 / 53
- Economist/Yougov ------------------------------- 43 / 52
- IBD -------------------------------------------------47 / 45
- ABC/Wapo -----------------------------------------44 / 51
- Emerson -------------------------------------------46 / 47
- Reuters ---------------------------------------------46 / 48
For context ----Economist/YouGov show the same stats for Congress as: 17 / 61
And Don Trump, at the end of his four years at the helm at: 44 / 53
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There can be no question that the Taliban's rush to power, the rapid collapse of the American backed Afghani government and military surprised both the Administration, our Military, and the American public. Bad surprises have consequences, thus we see 'disapprovals' of those involved jumping up in the polls.
I suspect, tho I did not look for it, but I'd expect we could see an increase in disapprovals towards our military and our intelligence community for missing completely, or at minimum, not adequately communicating the velocity of the momentum of the Taliban.
And then throw in the wild-card....wild for both America and the Taliban ..... the wild card of an Afghani branch of ISIS blowing up near 200 Afghanis and dozen or so American troops......well, that was not helpful in instilling confidence in anybody. Hopefully, it will be a one-off.
Time will tell, if the messiness of the withdrawal, the tragic deaths at the end, and the repercussions of waves of Afghan refugees here to America and to other country's of the world will have long term effects on the American Administration's perceived effectiveness, and on the world's effectiveness in dealing with the refugees.
Afghani's do have a reputation for a strong work ethic and family values.......so they may fit into some societies seamlessly. Time will tell.
This cake is still baking.