69% of Americans say U.S. terror attack is likely

Yet the pair are viewed very differently by Americans regarding their handling – and, in Clinton’s case, prospective handling – of modern terrorism, according to separate polls.

According to a new poll by CBS News, 69 percent of Americans say a terror attack on USA soil is at least somewhat likely in the next few months.

Still, the survey finds only 25% of respondents think America should be taking the lead in a war against ISIS, with 65% saying the United States should be part of a broader coalition.

The Obama administration has argued against extensive use of ground troops in Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS militants, claiming that diplomacy was needed instead to create long term change, said the Wall Street Journal. Despite exuding a calm composure, Obama sounded determined when he vowed, “We will destroy this terrorist organization”. That’s on top of the 116 oil trucks it destroyed in the previous week.

Last week, Obama insisted that fighting Islamic State is different than conflict with another nation. Even if the terror group is targeting cities to spread terror, Obama has urged not to be afraid and more specifically, not to overreact. “That’s not what’s going on here”.

“They’re a bunch of killers with good social media”, Obama told reporters Sunday.

In the wake of the ISIS attacks in Paris, President Obama and his efforts to defeat the extremist group have come under withering criticism from Congress – including members of his own party – and from hopefuls on the presidential campaign trail.

In individual comparisons, Clinton bested her potential opponents including Donald Trump (50-42), Ben Carson (49-40), Ted Cruz (48-40), Marco Rubio (47-43), and Jeb Bush (46-43).

Russian President Vladimir Putin had recently appealed for global cooperation in combating terrorism.

For the first time in CBS News Polls, Americans say they are now more concerned that the federal government will fail to create strong, anti-terrorism laws than they are about the government’s restrictions on their civil liberties.

In news conferences overseas last week, Obama grew testy over questions about his plan to fight ISIS in the aftermath of the Paris attacks and the bombing of a Russian commercial jet in Egypt.