AMERICANS WANT ISIS DEFEATED – AT 8:52 A.M. ET:  Ordinary Americans seem to have a greater understanding of ISIS than do high Obama officials.  They want ISIS beaten, according to the latest Fox poll: 

Two-thirds of American voters favor doing “whatever it takes” to defeat ISIS. They also think the White House doesn’t have a clear plan to get the job done.

A new Fox News poll finds that 66 percent support “doing whatever it takes” to defeat Islamic extremists.

Far fewer think the president is with them. Just 41 percent think President Obama is prepared to do whatever it takes. Over half say he isn’t (53 percent).

In addition, a 57-percent majority supports the U.S. using its military strength to destroy Islamic extremist groups “once and for all.” That includes a majority of Republicans (69 percent), half of independents (50 percent) and a 48-percent plurality of Democrats.

Most voters approve of the ongoing U.S. airstrikes against ISIS (79 percent) and favor increasing them (68 percent). Another 71 percent favor using drone strikes.

The fervor wanes somewhat when voters are asked about other tactics.

About half -- 51 percent -- favor sending a limited number of U.S. ground troops to Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS. Support drops to 37 percent for sending a “significant number” of troops.

And...

By a 55-35 percent margin, voters think the president has failed to express an appropriate level of outrage over the killing of Christians and Jews around the world by Islamic militants.

COMMENT:  The people are ahead of their government.  They understand the threat.  But don't expect any major change from Field Marshal Obama.  His priority is a pact with Iran, and getting the U.S. out of the Mideast and out of the way of the Muslim Brotherhood, for which he has a strange affection.

We have a bit more than a year and half of Obama, but he can do enormous harm in that time, and seems determined to do it.

June 5,  2015