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In reply to the discussion: Obama's Back. [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)And I doubt many Americans are willing to speak so fully out of both sides of their mouths. And the polling does not support your claim that Americans favor strikes against Syria :
In a Pew Research poll released Tuesday, just 29 percent of Americans favored airstrikes in response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, with a near-majority 48 percent opposed.
Wide majorities predicted negative consequences of a U.S. military intervention. Sixty-one percent said airstrikes were likely to lead to a long-term U.S. military commitment in Syria, and 74 percent said airstrikes would likely create a backlash against the U.S. and its allies in the region. Just 33 percent thought airstrikes would be an effective deterrent against the use of chemical weapons
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/syria-airstrike-polls_n_3861639.html