Only 17% of Americans see Barack Obama as a strong and decisive military leader, according to a poll taken after the United States and its allies began bombing Libya

More than a third see him as indecisive in military matters. Obama is facing mounting discontent among Republicans and Democrats over the fuzzy aims of the U.S.-led mission in Libya and the lack of a clearly spelled-out exit strategy for U.S. forces If the Libya mission becomes a foreign policy mess, mixed with perceptions Obama is a weak military leader, it could spell trouble for him in the 2012 presidential election.