Attitudes to Security Policy in the Federal Republic (June 1986)

Judgement on international terrorism and the American actions against Libya. Topics: Interest in news about international events; assessment of the peace efforts of the USA and the USSR; identification of states involved in terrorist attacks in the view of the respondent; perceived threat from terrorism and expectation of success in fighting it; comparison of terrorist attacks in the Middle East with attacks in the Federal Republic; adequate protection against international terrorism by the Federal Government; expected outcome of the Tokio summit meeting regarding the fight against terrorism; most important measures of the government to reduce terrorism; preferred sanctions against Libya due to support for terrorists; attitude to economic sanctions against Libya by the Federal Republic following the example of the USA; arguments against as well as for economic sanctions against Libya; assumed support of German terrorists by Libya; pro-American or anti-American attitude; reasonable use of US military might by president Reagan; attitude to American air attacks on Libya; attitude to a distancing of the Federal Republic from the USA due to the bombardment of Libya; expected effects of the American military action; trust in the ability of the USA to deal with international terrorism; attitude to further military actions of the USA against Libya; restriction of American actions to terrorist, military or industrial targets; arguments against further military actions against Libya; conditions under which one would approve military actions against Libya; assessment of the position of the Federal Government regarding American policies on Libya; American measures against Libya deserving support and assessment of the reactions of the western allies, the Arab world, the Soviet Union; expected influence of these measures on the position of Gaddafi in Libya; expected extension of an American military action into a larger war; knowledge of a Libyan attack on another country; sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Greens.