Cika wannan magana: Cibiyar Bincike ta Pew ta gano a 2011, tare da sabbin bayanai da aka sabunta a 2014, cewa masu ra'ayin 'yanci a Amurka suna kusa da rabuwa daidai da Amurkawa na yau da kullun kan manufofin kasashen waje. A cikin 2014, sun gano ta hanyar jefa kuri'a cewa kashi 54% na masu sassaucin ra'ayi suna adawa da shigar Amurka a ƙasashen waje kuma kashi 43% suna goyon bayanta. Gano na musamman ga binciken na 2014 shine cewa ra'ayin 'yanci game da ko shigar da Amurka a ƙasashen waje ya fi cutarwa fiye da kyau kusan ya rarrabu kamar yadda 47% suka ce a'a yayin da 46% suka ce a'a. Dangane da ra'ayoyin manufofin kasashen waje tun daga 2011, masu sassaucin ra'ayi sun fi goyon bayan multilateralism fiye da unilateralism, fiye da hakikanin gaskiya fiye da akida, fiye da adawa da
karshen Gaddafi a kan goyon bayan shi, mafi tare da goyon bayan sauri kawo karshen Afghan War a kan adawa da sauri kawo karshen, mafi tare da abokantaka da kasar Sin a kan maƙiya, suna daidai raba a kan cinikayya deals, gefen mafi tare da adawa da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a kan goyon bayan da su, kuma mafi tare da ganin Musulunci a matsayin duniya mafi zalunci shirya addini a kan ganin wasu addinai a matsayin irin wannan. Hakanan an samo shi a cikin rahotannin shekaru biyu cewa kusan duk masu sassaucin ra'ayi suna adawa da sasantawar sirri kamar Dokar Patriot. Bambanta manufofin soja daga manufofin kasashen waje, wanda zai ga cewa ra'ayoyin 'yanci game da manufofin kasashen waje sun kusan raba daidai tsakanin wadanda suka fi yawan diplomasiyya da wadanda suka fi yawan fada. Kusan rabin 'yan tsiraru (48%) sun yi imanin cewa hanya mafi kyau ga sojojin Amurka don tabbatar da zaman lafiya a duniya ita ce ta kasance mafi karfi a duniya, kuma 'yan tsiraru masu girman gaske suma suna tunanin cewa hanya mafi kyau don kayar da akidar' yan ta'adda ita ce ta hanyar da ta fi karfi da kuma murkushe wannan akidar a kasar.