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Nearly 80 percent of Americans believe President Barack Obama should receive congressional approval before using force in Syria, but the nation is divided over the scope of any potential strike, a new NBC News poll shows.
Fifty percent of Americans believe the United States should not intervene in the wake of suspected chemical weapons attacks by Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to the poll. But the public is more supportive of military action when it's limited to launching cruise missiles from U.S. naval ships - 50 percent favor that kind of intervention, while 44 percent oppose it.
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by Orion on Fri, 08/30/2013 - 8:25am
I find it sadly amusing that they first layout the MO for this administration (and most, if not all, other administrations), and then say that, "but I trust Obama's judgment".
I trust Obama more than I trusted Bush, but that's a mighty low bar. I don't know what the right thing to do (or not to do) in Syria is, but US actions usually don't work out the way we expect them to.
by Verified Atheist on Fri, 08/30/2013 - 8:37am
That's good to hear - though I'm not too sure. Dubya seemed like a spoiled/naive/clueless son of a president who didn't really question a whole lot growing up and naturally followed the advice of people his dad trusted.
Obama, on the other hand, is really well educated and intelligent and seems to really say what he think will advance in a certain situation. He was a constitutional scholar - he eloquently criticized Bush for doing exactly what he is doing now. He has blatantly gone against his big promises or not returned on them at all (Guantanamo). He is not dumb or under the influence of something - he is well aware of what he's doing.
He studied the constitution for years - he knows that the Founding Fathers were worried about foreign entanglements, he knows that they warned against searching for foreign "dragons to slay," he knows that a president must get congressional approval for an action like this, he knows that you must have foreign support for it to work, he knows what happened with Iraq and he knows that the public largely does not support this. All of this from a man who received a Nobel Peace Prize.
I'll defend the attacks from the Right on him that are obviously race based because the African American community deserves respect but like you, I don't think I trust him. It is frankly disturbing how gung ho the Democratic leadership from Obama to Kerry to Pelosi is about war.
The Young Turks had a serious debate about all of this. Worth watching:
Young Turks has actually spotlighted that Obama's administration has done more drug raids than any other administration despite all his anti-drug war talk during the campaign. The Obama we got sold is different from the Obama we see now. The man is a chameleon and is well aware of it.
by Orion on Fri, 08/30/2013 - 10:30am