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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Dana Blanton
Published May 18, 2011
After the killing of Usama bin Laden in Pakistan, few American voters
believe that country is an ally of the United States in the war against
terrorism. Moreover, most doubt Pakistan is worthy of continued U.S. foreign
aid.
That’s according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.
Nearly three out of four voters -- 73 percent -- say the United States
should stop sending foreign aid until Pakistan demonstrates a deeper
commitment to the war against terrorism. Some 19 percent would continue to
provide funding.
Agreement is widespread, as majorities of Republicans (84 percent),
Democrats (67 percent) and independents (66 percent), as well as both men (
73 percent) and women (73 percent) say the U.S. should cut off funding to
Pakistan.
Pakistan is one of the top recipients of U.S. aid worldwide. From 2005-2011,
the U.S. provided over $16 billion in economic and military assistance to
Pakistan.
With the discovery that bin Laden apparently had been living in Pakistan for
years, the consensus is Pakistan is not a friend (74 percent). A small 16
percent minority of voters views Pakistan as a strong U.S. ally in the war
against terrorism.
Democrats (22 percent) are almost twice as likely as Republicans (12 percent
) and independents (12 percent) to consider Pakistan a strong ally.
Click here for full poll results.
The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 910
randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the
joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research
(R) from May 15 to May 17. For the total sample, it has a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/18/fox-news-poll-voters-say-stop-aid-pakistan/#ixzz1Mqear0sP |
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