Killing of Journalists Buoys Support for U.S. Strikes

By: Maynard Institute

Outrage at the beheading of two American journalists buttressed public support for the kind of U.S. action against terrorism outlined Wednesday night by President Obama, according to commentators analyzing the president's speech.

"The public has decided that people who cut off the heads of journalists are really bad," onetime House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an Obama critic and former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries, said on CNN. Others agreed.