Which of these best describes your view on the current situation in Syria?

[OmahaBlueDog]

Which of the positions below best deescribes your feelings about Syria and the prospect of US military intervention?

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	I support the cause of the rebels, and I support the US taking military action.
	1 (20%)
	I support the cause of the Assad government, and I support the US taking military action
	0 (0%)
	I am neutral/don't know much about/don't care much about the situation in Syria, and I support US military action
	0 (0%)
	I support the cause of the rebels, and I am neutral/undecided on the US taking military action.
	0 (0%)
	I support the cause of the Assad government, and I am neutral/undecided about the US taking military action
	0 (0%)
	I am neutral/don't know much about/don't care much about the situation in Syria, and I am neutral/undecided about the US taking military action
	2 (40%)
	I support the cause of the rebels, and I oppose the US taking military action.
	1 (20%)
	I support the cause of the Assad government, and I oppose the US taking military action
	0 (0%)
	I am neutral/don't know much about/don't care much about the situation in Syria, and I oppose the US taking military action
	0 (0%)
	Other (please expand in the thread below)
	1 (20%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Douglas Carpenter]

1. every single time you use the word neutral in regards to who one supports - you use the phrase

"I don't know much" - I spent 25 years in the Middle East and I know a little bit about it and I am neutral precisely because I know something about it.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. I was trying to express three "neutral" vantage points

1. having knowledge of Syria, but no clear preference
2. ignorance of the events in Syria
3. indifference to the events in Syria

[Recursion]

2. I worry about the Kurds

Since nobody else ever seems to. But I also worry that if they have de facto autonomous regions in Iraq and Syria that's going to wind up being a threat to Turkey.

[defacto7]

3. I neither support Assad or the Rebels.

I support the citizens who have no say and are the one who die or are made refugees against their right to live. The only answer that is logical is to support a stalemate. There will be no winner no matter what happens unfortunately. I support the silent unheard masses.

[Salviati]

5. Indeed. If we cannot go in and support a side, tipping the balance indisputably in their favor,

then the only thing we will do by intervening militarily is add to the pile of bodies.

[Arcanetrance]

6. I care deeply about the people of syria and what may come

But I can't decide if I support invasion. On one hand I believe when this started the rebels had real grievances but I fear since than the whole thing has been hijacked by fringe groups. I truly believe a leader raging chemical warfare against a civilian populace should have a one way ticket six feet under. But the reasons stopping me from completely getting gung ho over intervention is one of the groups involved on the rebel side is al qaeda a group who has the ability to make crude chemical weapons and also has proven they have no problem targeting civilians to forward their cause. I'd like to see a true investigation into this done. But I think intervening right now will do more harm than good

I know music usually isn't a GD thing usually but I think its appropritate