NBC Poll: Nearly 80 Percent Want Congressional Approval On Syria -- NBC
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.
The two-day survey was conducted as the Obama administration weighs launching strikes against Syria for the alleged use of chemicals weapons in its violent civil war, as well as amid growing demands by U.S. lawmakers that Congress should have a voice in any debate to authorize force.
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My Comment: Bottom line .... when it comes to attacking Syria .... it appears that half of the U.S. public would support a limited engagement that would involved only launching missiles from a distance. Hint to those in the U.S. public who support such an engagement .... wars and the consequences of such conflicts never never never end up so clean.
Didn't I read before that it was the opposite? I would wager a two-day survey doesn't truly represent what the American public is thinking.
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You did read the opposite in other polls. But this poll question was worded to give the the impression that a few days of U.S. missile strikes will be bloodless and clean .... which I doubt will be the case.
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