Poll | Americans fear China’s power and decline confidence in US military power

According to Fars News Agency International Group, the first poll in the United States, which was conducted after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, showed that the Americans named China as the main enemy of the country and their trust in the US military to its lowest level in three It arrived last year.

According to the newspaper “Wall street JournalThe poll, conducted by the Ronald Reagan Institute, named 52 percent of China as the biggest threat to the United States.

* China is the first military threat

That is up from 21 percent four years ago. Russia came in second with a gap of 14 percent, a change from three years ago when 30 percent of Americans considered it the biggest threat. China was in second place with 21 percent at the time.

Thirty-seven percent of Americans polled cited “East Asia” as the region where the United States should spend more troops, while the “Middle East” came in second with 17 percent.

The survey was conducted with the participation of 2,523 Americans by telephone and online from October 25 to November 7, with an error margin of 1.96 percent. Roger Zachim, director of the Reagan Institute, noted that the poll shows that the number of Americans who see China as the biggest threat has increased.

* Changing Americans’ attitudes toward the military

“The constant increase in the Chinese threat shows how strong the challenge is,” Zakhim said. “People know that the threat posed by China is not just a security threat, but also economic, political and humanitarian concerns.”

The poll also showed a change in Americans’ attitudes toward the military. The poll found that only 45 percent of Americans have “high confidence” in the military, down from nearly 25 percent three years ago to nearly 25 percent. Another 10 percent said they did not have much confidence in the military.

* Biden is to blame for the Afghanistan affair

According to the poll, 59 percent of Americans said the war in Afghanistan was “more of a defeat,” compared with 50 percent who answered the same question in February. Forty-nine percent of respondents blamed US President Joe Biden for the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan, while 20 percent cited poor military planning.

Forty-eight percent of those polled said Taliban domination was a “major threat” to US security.

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