GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Dana Milbank, Jack Kingston, Occupy Movement
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Republicans are being critical of obama"s policy of air support for isis they say. Isis is the size of indiana with over 30,000 people involved (pat: may only be. 5,000-10,000 people) and there must be ground support, special forces, and intelligence rather than simply air weaponry. Dana milbank: republicans gallop toward ground war . Tom cole obama was far too quick to rule out options and tools that he. Jack kingston if it"s important enough to fight, it"s important enough to in fact may need later. win. Tea party, occupy movement, anti-war movement during vietnam. Rally around the flag: society, the president, and us foreign policy. Rally around the flag effect the tendency for the public to rally behind the president and the cause of war at times of perceived crisis. President"s public opinion was much lower before 9/11, and then jumped extremely high after.
