Americans give resounding ‘no’ on financial aid to rebuild Libya
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Americans don’t seem to agree on much these days, whether it’s politics, climate change or Lady Gaga’s gender-bending performance at the Video Music Awards. But there’s one thing that an overwhelming majority of Americans appear to agree upon: They don’t want to foot the bill for rebuilding Libya.
A CNN / ORC poll released Tuesday found that a stunning 73% oppose any U.S. financial aid to rebuild Libya’s business and educational infrastructure, and 67% said the U.S. shouldn’t be involved in ‘attempts to form a civilian government and restore order in that country.’
The poll also found that 62% of those polled are worried about what lies ahead in Libya, with 67% believing there will be widespread violence. And 49% said they are either ‘not too confident’ or ‘not confident at all’ that the U.S. and its allies can prevent Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups from establishing a new base of operations in Libya.
Given all that, and a pervasive feeling among Americans that the U.S. is already overextended in many ways inside and outside its borders, this will not come as a surprise:
Fifty-four percent of those polled said they are either ‘not confident at all’ or ‘not too confident’ that a stable democratic government will be established in Libya.
The poll questioned 1,017 adults on Wednesday and Thursday and reports a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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