Apparently, the American public disagrees w Snitz?

Israel since losing 1,300 civilians* has retaliated by leveling Gaza City, apparently killing 10,000 innocent Palestinians, and will within 2 weeks have demolished Hamas's tunnel system. Time to wrap it up and get the hell out of Dodge. They have more than hit back with a proportional response. To continue to occupy Gaza will invite a shitstorm of problems and blowback on the Jewish people.

So why are we considering giving Israel military aid? For what? To stick around longer and muck things up worse...much worse. What possible reason does the US have to be giving them more money...which of course they'll need to use on the battlefield extending something that needs to end.

As for the Ukraine. Is there any reason to spend another dime empowering Zelenskyy (a complete hoodlum) to extend the war, the carnage and avoid negotiating an end to a conflict he long ago lost.

Apparently, the American public never learns. After Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan...there's never been a war we didn't like?

* Had they not dropped the ball and had even minimal security at the Gaza border the death toll would have been a fraction of this.

Israel or Ukraine? Issue Divides Electorate

Thursday, November 09, 2023

President Joe Biden wants to link military aid for Ukraine and Israel together as a single piece of legislation, but half of voters want assistance to Israel to be a separate issue. However, a majority agree that securing America’s border should be a top priority.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters think it’s better if aid to Israel is voted on by Congress as a stand-alone piece of legislation, while 35% believe it would be better if assistance to Israel is included as part of a package that also includes military aid to Ukraine. Another 15% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

House Speaker Mike Johnson has moved to make funding for Israel and Ukraine two separate votes. Two-thirds (67%) of Republican voters say it’s better to make Israel aid a stand-alone piece of legislation, but a majority (52%) of Democrats want assistance to Israel included in a package with military aid to Ukraine. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 50% favor voting on aid to Israel separately, while 33% want assistance to Israel and Ukraine as a single legislative package.

The survey of 987 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on November 3-5, 2023 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

In explaining her vote against aid to Israel, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said: "I unapologetically demand America’s border be our first priority." Sixty-four percent (64%) of voters agree that securing the border to stop illegal immigration should "be our first priority," including 42% who Strongly Agree. Thirty-one percent (31%) disagree, including 12% who Strongly Disagree.

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Ninety-two percent (92%) of Republicans at least somewhat agree with the statement that securing the U.S. border should "be our first priority," as do 49% of Democrats and 64% of unaffiliated voters.

The political divisions over funding for Israel and Ukraine represent clear differences on national security priorities. Thirty-six percent (36%) of all Likely Voters believe the conflict between Israel and Hamas is more vital to America's national interests, while 33% think the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is more vital. Eighteen percent (18%) say neither conflict is vital to U.S. national interests, and another 12% are not sure.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of Republicans believe the conflict between Israel and Hamas is more vital to America's national interests, but that belief is shared by only 22% of Democrats and 34% of unaffiliated voters. Nearly half (48%) of Democrats think the Ukraine-Russia conflict is more vital to U.S. interests, an opinion shared by just 19% of Republicans and 31% of unaffiliated voters. Twenty percent (20%) of Republicans, 15% of Democrats and 21% of unaffiliated voters say neither conflict is vital to American interests.

Men (55%) are more likely than women voters (46%) to believe it’s better to make Israel aid a stand-alone piece of legislation, and women voters less likely to view the conflict between Israel and Hamas as more vital to America's national interests.

Forty-seven percent (47%) of whites, 56% of black voters and 55% of other minorities think it’s better if aid to Israel is voted on by Congress as a stand-alone piece of legislation. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of whites and 30% of both black voters and other minorities believe it would be better if assistance to Israel is included as part of a package that also includes military aid to Ukraine.

Older voters are more likely to see the conflict between Israel and Hamas as more vital to U.S. interests, while those under 40 are most likely to think that neither the Ukraine-Russia conflict nor the Israel-Hamas conflict is vital to American interests.

Breaking down the electorate by income categories, voters in the highest bracket – earning more than $200,000 a year – are most likely to see the Ukraine-Russia conflict as being more vital to U.S. interests, and to think that assistance to Israel should be included as part of a package that also includes military aid to Ukraine.

President Biden’s strongest supporters are most concerned with Ukraine, and least worried about securing U.S. borders. Among voters who Strongly Approve of Biden’s job performance as president, 62% consider the Ukraine-Russia conflict more vital to American interests than the Israel-Gaza conflict, and just 13% Strongly Agree that securing the border to stop illegal immigration should "be our first priority." By contrast, among those who Strongly Disapprove of Biden’s performance, 58% view the Israel-Gaza conflict as more vital to America’s interests, and 80% strongly agree that U.S. border security should "be our first priority."

Most American voters view Benjamin Netanyahu favorably and more than two-thirds agree with the Israeli prime minister’s rejection of calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.