周日公布的一项新民意调查显示，大多数美国人对唐纳德·特朗普总统处理伊朗局势的方式不满意，并认为他作为总司令的行为已经让美国变得不那么安全。
这美国广播公司新闻/益普索调查是在周五和周六进行的，并与其他媒体机构之前进行的民意调查结果紧密一致。在最新的民意调查中，56%的受访者告诉美国广播公司和益普索，他们不赞成特朗普对伊朗政策的处理，而52%的受访者说，总统决定进行军事空袭以杀死伊朗军事指挥官卡西姆·索莱曼尼，这使得美国整体上不太安全。
Soleimani被杀了1月3日，他抵达伊拉克后，美国无人驾驶飞机袭击了他的汽车。一名伊拉克军事领导人和其他八人也在袭击中丧生。民主党议员和一些共和党人批评了总统的决定，这项决定是在没有通知国会领导人的情况下做出的。批评者认为特朗普的决定将美国推向了与伊朗的战争，是非法的暗杀根据国际法。1月4日，反战积极分子在华盛顿特区白宫前抗议
特朗普和他的政府辩称，苏莱曼尼计划对美国发动“迫在眉睫”的袭击，总统表示，美国各地区大使馆将成为袭击目标。然而，美国国务卿麦克·庞贝也表示，他不知道袭击将在何时何地发生，批评者认为，这表明威胁实际上并不“迫在眉睫”身份不明的政府消息来源也透露纽约时报用来证明这次袭击的情报“极其薄弱”
“庞贝:进攻迫在眉睫，但是‘我们不知道何时何地’好吧，如果你不知道何时何地，那就不是“迫在眉睫的”，夏威夷的民主党总统候选人国会女议员图西·加巴德，一位伊拉克战争的老兵，周日在推特上批评了国务卿。
与美国广播公司/益普索民意调查相似，由今日美国益普索发现，55%的美国人认为索莱曼尼被杀让美国变得不那么安全。此外，一项民意测验路透社和益普索报道我发现53%的美国人不赞成特朗普处理与伊朗的紧张关系。
绝大多数-71%–路透社/益普索民意调查的受访者也认为，美国和伊朗很有可能在几年内爆发战争。这比去年5月美国人被问及伊朗紧张局势时高出整整20个百分点。
国会中的民主党人、独立人士和一些共和党人聚集在一起，试图限制总统对伊朗发动战争的权力。上周众议院通过了一项战争权力法案，大多数民主党人投了赞成票，还有三名共和党人和立法院唯一的独立议员。
肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)在投票成功前表示:“这次投票是为了行使我们的宪法权威，但更重要的是，我们有道德义务决定何时何地要求我们的军队献出生命。”。
马西补充说:“如果我们开战，需要得到人民的祝福和支持，以及我们的士兵能够完成的明确使命。”。“我们遵循开国元勋的愿景来实现这一目标——我们在众议院进行辩论。”
独立于佛蒙特州的民主党总统候选人参议员伯尼·桑德斯正与犹他州共和党参议员李政颖合作，在参议院发起类似的立法——禁止对伊朗开战法案。李和肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗已经遭到强烈批评政府除掉苏莱曼尼的决定。
上周，情报和政府官员向国会通报了杀害索莱曼尼的决定后，李明博表示，他计划与民主党一起投票支持限制特朗普的战争权力。他说简报是“侮辱”和“贬低宪法规定的程序”
56 PERCENT OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF IRAN, POLL SAYS
Amajority of American's are unhappy with President Donald Trump's handling of the situation with Iran, and believe his actions as commander-in-chief have made the U.S. less safe, according to a new poll released Sunday.
The ABC News/Ipsos survey was conducted on Friday and Saturday, and aligns closely with the results shown by previous polls conducted by other media outlets. In the latest poll, 56 percent of respondents told ABC and Ipso that they disapproved of Trump's handling of Iran policy, while 52 percent said that the president's decision to carry out a military airstrike to kill Iran's military commander Qassem Soleimani has made the U.S. less safe overall.
Soleimani was killed on January 3 in a U.S. drone strike targeting his vehicle after he arrived in Iraq. An Iraqi military leader and eight others were also killed in the attack. Democratic lawmakers, and some Republicans, have criticized the president's decision, which was carried out without informing congressional leaders. Critics argue that Trump's decision has pushed the U.S. closer to war with Iran and was an illegal assasination under international law.
Anti-war activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 4
Trump and his administration argue that Soleimani was planning "imminent" attacks on the U.S., with the president saying that regional U.S. embassies were going to be targeted. However, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also said that he did not know exactly where or when the attacks would occur, which critics have argued shows that the threat was not actually "imminent." Unidentified government sources also told The New York Timesthat the intelligence used to justify the attack was "razor thin."
"Pompeo: The attack was imminent, but 'we didn't know when and we didn't know where.' Well, if you don't know when and if you don't know where, that is not 'imminent,'" Democratic presidential candidate Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a veteran of the Iraq War, tweeted on Sunday, criticizing the secretary of state.
Similar to the ABC/Ipsos poll, a survey conducted by USA Todayand Ipsos found that 55 percent of Americans believe the killing of Soleimani made the U.S. less safe. Additionally, a poll by Reuters and Ipsos found that 53 percent of Americans disapproved of Trump's handling of tensions with Iran.
A large majority – 71 percent – of respondents to a Reuters/Ipsos poll also believed that it was very or somewhat likely that the U.S. and Iran would be at war within a few years. That was a full 20 percentage points higher than when Americans were asked about Iran tensions in May of last year.
Democrats, independents and some Republicans in Congress have come together in an effort to restrain the president's power to carry out acts of war against Iran. A War Powers measure passed in the House of Representatives last week, with most Democrats voting in favor, along with three Republicans and the legislative chamber's lone independent.
"This vote is about exercising our constitutional authority, but more importantly, our moral obligation to decide when and where our troops are going to be asked to give their lives," GOP Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said ahead of the successful vote, voicing his support for the resolution.
"If we go to war, it needs to be with the blessing and the support of the people and a clear mission that our soldiers can accomplish," Massie added. "We do that by following the vision of our founding fathers — we debate it on the floor of the House."
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, is sponsoring similar legislation in the Senate – the No War Against Iran Act – in partnership with Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah. Lee, along with GOP Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, has strongly criticized the administration's decision to take out Soleimani.
After a briefing from intelligence and administration officials about the decision to kill Soleimani to Congress last week, Lee voiced his plans to vote with Democrats in support of limiting Trump's war powers. He said that the briefing was "insulting" and "demeaning to the process ordained by the Constitution."
