The Wall Street Journal said that the decline in confidence in American institutions has become a prevalent feature in the current era, including the army, which was the only exception before public confidence in it began to fade.
The newspaper indicated in its editorial today, Thursday, that an annual survey conducted by the Reagan Institute to find out the position of public opinion on the military institution, showed that only 48% of Americans who participated in the survey expressed confidence in the US army, compared to 70% who expressed confidence in it in 2018. .
She also indicated that the result reached by the Reagan Institute is consistent with the results of other polls, including a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center this year, which revealed that the number of Americans who expressed confidence that their country's army works for the common good decreased by about 14 points since 2020.
And the Wall Street Journal reported that those in the poll, conducted by the Reagan Institute, sought to find out the reasons for the decline in confidence in the army by asking a direct question about it to those surveyed, and they concluded that the issue was not related to the extent of the army's ability to carry out the tasks entrusted to it, or Achieving victories in the battles he is fighting, but rather matters outside his direct responsibilities.
The newspaper quoted Roger Zakheim, a researcher at the Reagan Institute, as saying that the matter is related to "things outside the jurisdiction of the army. We can call it politicization, or awakening. But understanding it enables us to understand what is going on."
The Wall Street Journal said that the lack of confidence in the army comes at a bad time, as another survey conducted by the Reagan Institute indicates that 75% of Americans see China as an enemy of their country, which is a high percentage compared to 55% in a poll conducted in 2018, and the anxiety of the street is also increasing. America from tension with Russia.