Well, at least it’s a sign that American air power, know how and guts still has respect and approval overseas. A new YouGov survey finds that majorities of European allies of the U.S. are just fine with air strikes on Iraq - as long as it’s the U.S. that is doing the striking. Reactions to the findings ranged from annoyance to sarcasm.
“I have no words that other countries are gungho for our military to be at risk. I just want to slap someone right now,” noted one message to the pollster. Others wondered about the difference between protecting U.S. interests overseas, and being cast in the role of “world cop.”
Here’s a few telling numbers from a YouGov poll released Monday.
71 percent of Danish citizens approve of the U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq; 42 percent approve of the Danish military making those strikes.
65 percent of French citizens approve of the U.S. airstrikes in Iraq; 39 percent approve of the French military making those strikes.
59 percent of British citizens approve of the U.S. airstrikes in Iraq; 42 percent approve of the British military making those strikes.
61 percent of Norwegian citizens approve of the U.S. airstrikes; 40 percent approve of the Norwegian military making those strikes.
48 percent of German citizens approve of the U.S. airstrikes; 26 percent approve of the German military making those strikes.
Source: A YouGov EuroTrack survey of at least 1,000 adults in each nation, all NATO allies, conducted Aug. 21-29 and released Monday.
• Jennifer Harper can be reached at jharper@washingtontimes.com.
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