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Survey Results
1. "Do you think the U.S. government's bombing Serb targets was the right or the wrong decision?" The Harris Poll. June 10-15, 1999. 1,006 adults nationwide. Asked of those who have seen, heard or read about recent events in Kosovo
2. "All in all, do you think the situation in Kosovo was worth going to war over, or not?" Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll. June 25-27, 1999. 1,016 adults nationwide.
Note similar results to a comparable question: "Thinking about the current situation in Kosovo, do you think the U.S. involvement in the military conflict was or was not worth it?" NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). June 16-19, 1999. 1,000 adults nationwide.
Was worth it 58%
Was not worh it 33%
Not sure 9%
3."How would you rate President Clinton's handling of the situation in Kosovo?" The Harris Poll. June 10-15, 1999. 1,006 adults nationwide. Asked of those who have seen, heard or read about recent events in Kosovo
4. "How much credit do you think President Clinton deserves for the peace agreement that was reached in Kosovo?" Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll. June 11-13, 1999. 1,022 adults nationwide.
5. If Europe ever experiences another genocidal holocaust, would you be more likely to approve or to disapprove unilateral or multilateral humanitarian intervention?
The Guardian/European Barometer Poll of 9,436 European adults from 12 countries between May 6 and May 22 produced the following results:
Overall: 49% Supported NATO intervention and 40% Opposed
Britain 54% Supported NATO intervention and 33% Opposed
France 68%Supported NATO intervention and 27% Opposed
Denmark 70% Supported NATO intervention and 20% Opposed
Greece 3% Supported NATO intervention and 97% Opposed
Other polls conducted in the first week of bombing indicated that 48% in Italy and 70% in China opposed NATO intervention. 3/26/99 Xinhua reporting on Italian Public Opinion Data Media/Il Tempo Poll. 4/9/99 LAT/Chinese Press Peoples Daily Poll approximately 4/1/99 by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2000 adults from 5 largest cities
6. What if anything would have justified use of ground troops to assure victory?
According to a November, 1999 New York Times report, President Clinton in early June was preparing to approve ground troops to assure NATO success, even if some allies strongly disapproved. Steven Erlanger, "With Milosevic Unyielding on Kosovo, NATO Moved Toward Invasion," New York Times November 7, 1999.
An April poll asked: "Please tell . . . whether or not you would support sending U.S. ground troops to Yugoslavia in the following circumstance: To force Yugoslav President Milosevic to agree to a NATO peace plan." Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. April 29-30, 1999. 751 adults nationwide.
Would 50%
Would not 42%
Don’t Know 8%
7. Which individuals should the U.N. have the authority to investigate for alleged violations of the Geneva Convention and, if sufficient evidence is found, to prosecute and to punish?
Agence France Press asked 100 adults in Greece "Who should be tried for War crimes?" and reported the following results on May 26, 1999:
Blair 35%
Clinton 75%
Milosevic 14%
8. How interested would you be in the following Kosovo related activities?
Note the Harris poll above attempted to report informed opinion by asking respondents whether they had "seen, heard or read about recent events in Kosovo, with bombing by U.S. and NATO airplanes, and Albanian refugees fleeing from their homes, or not?" 94% replied yes.
Final Exercise:
Write a response to the three part Essay Problem and then review a model legal analysis.
