WTH Do Republicans Really Think About Foreign Policy? Roger Zakheim Explains

With the incessant politicization of real foreign policy issues,
sometimes it is helpful to go back to the numbers. And in this
case, the numbers are detached from the reality that anti-Ukraine
Republicans are trying to sell. In fact, a new summer survey from
the Reagan Institute finds that a 76% supermajority of Americans,
including 71% of Republicans, agree that it is important to the
US that Ukraine wins the war. This is not the “Ukraine fatigue”
story we have been told. Moreover, support for aid increases
substantially when respondents are given more information – where
aid to Ukraine is going, how Ukraine has performed on the field.
Knowing this, why are our leaders failing to give the America
First case for aid to Ukraine?


Roger Zakheim serves as the Washington Director of the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. He previously
practiced law at Covington & Burling LLP where he led the
firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs practice group.
Before joining Covington he was General Counsel and Deputy Staff
Director of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee where he
managed the passage of the annual National Defense Authorization
Act. He was also the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.


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