Obama pressured to intervene in Syria. Most Americans say 'no,' says poll

[TomClash]

Source: Christian Science Monitor

US officials have confirmed that President Obama’s controversial “red line” on chemical weapons in Syria has been crossed. But that doesn’t mean Americans think he should do anything about it.

If anything, public attitudes toward a US military response in the face of new evidence that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its own people have hardened, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

About 60 percent of Americans surveyed said the United States should not intervene in Syria's civil war, while just 9 percent thought President Obama should act, Reuters reported.

That majority opposition holds even in the face of evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, the poll finds.


Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2013/0825/Obama-pressured-to-intervene-in-Syria.-Most-Americans-say-no-says-poll-video

[DJ13]

1. Polls only matter when its a popularity contest

[GeorgeGist]

2. Chessmaster ...

Obama pressured to intervene in Syria.

Most Americans say 'no,'

or Checkmate?

[Arctic Dave]

3. "Confirmed"?

Really.

If that's the case they better have some concrete proof to show the world or else Obama just cemented himself as bush the second.

[TomClash]

4. I think the President would do well to consult UN inspectors on the ground nt

[delrem]

5. Who did it? Who has the most to gain?

Who is most eager to use this one-off horror, which flies in the face of reason if blamed on Assad, to ramp up a war that they are losing.

This is as clear-cut a case of Iraq2 as could be dreamed of by war criminals pushing PNAC objectives.
If Obama goes with this story, to ramp up his "friends of Syria" war, he'll go down in history for proving without qualification that the US has only one political party, and it works as puppet-master behind the scenes of the phony electoral choices.

[newfie11]

6. Agreed!!!! Nt

[Ghost Dog]

11. Very nicely put.

In a nutshell.

[Javaman]

12. this is a version of Iraq...

in Iraq, we did the invading.

Here, the rebels will do the job for us, we just supply the bullets and bombs.

It's just another test case of how to take over a nation and control it.

Pax Americana

[ConcernedCanuk]

15. Idiot-son has blood lust, Barack Obama does not IMO

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But Presidents of the USA are under tremendous pressure from the likes of the MIC and so on.

I believe that Obama is doing the best he can with the idiots and blood-thirsty people he has to deal with.

Obama has a family, I do not think he missed the point of what happened to JFK when he bucked the MIC.

Obama does not want his children to be fatherless -

eom

CC

[warrant46]

7. Coming to a desert Wasteland near you !!!

USA USA USA !!!

[telclaven]

10. I LOLed

I know. I'm a bad person.

[burnodo]

8. Most Americans said "No" to Iraq

Look what happened there

[Sunlei]

9. I want medical reports from the UN, Asaad to be put on trial for murder along w enablers.

The gunrunner business who sold Syria the weapons to pay for the million refugees and all damages.

[mountain grammy]

13. If 60% of Americans are opposed to intervention

that's enough "pressure" to resist intervention.

[proverbialwisdom]

14. K&R

[NorthCarolina]

16. I think we are way beyond the point where the "people's will" is of any concern. nt