The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations studied decades' worth of surveys of public and elite opinion on foreign policy issues. Which of the following statements is an accurate reflection of the researchers' conclusions?

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The researchers concluded that the public is much less eager than the elites to use force in foreign affairs. This means that option D is the correct choice. Option A is incorrect because the public's level of support for international cooperation was not directly compared to that of the elites. Option B is incorrect because the level of support for the United Nations was not specifically mentioned in the study. Option C is incorrect because the researchers did not conclude that the public is much more eager than the elites to use force in foreign affairs. Option E is incorrect because the researchers did not specifically mention the role of ill-formed and not very intense opinions in shaping the public's position on the use of force in foreign affairs.

The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Studied Decades' Worth of Surveys