By Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - Five years after September 11, 2001, Americans are considerably less enthusiastic about projecting military power abroad, according to a major new survey, the first of a spate of polls that are likely to be released in the run-up to Monday’s fifth anniversary of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon.

The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in Washington, found that Republicans remained substantially more supportive of military deployments overseas than either Democrats or independents, who also believe by 3-1 - that the United States has lost respect in the world over the past few years.

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