Americans want diplomacy on Syria, are unmoved by Obama speech: Reuters/Ipsos poll

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Americans want diplomacy on Syria, are unmoved by Obama speech: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Gabriel Debenedetti
WASHINGTON | Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:03pm EDT

(Reuters) - Three-quarters of Americans support efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria through an international agreement to control chemical weapons, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows steady opposition to U.S. military action.

The poll of 776 Americans, conducted over three days this week, indicates that just 25 percent of Americans oppose diplomacy to deal with the crisis that was ignited by the August 21 chemical attack in a Damascus suburb that U.S. officials say killed more than 1,400 adults and children.

The survey reflects the anti-war sentiment that has shadowed President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for a military strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in light of the chemical attack.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-syria-crisis-usa-poll-idUSBRE98C0Y620130913

[gopiscrap]

1. God, if only we felt this way before Iraq!

[Scootaloo]

2. Iraq is probably why we feel this way on Syria

Too bad it's war exhaustion and not an abandonment of Americans' lean toward Islamophobia and anti-Arab sentiment.

[MNBrewer]

5. It's war wariness, not war weariness that is why we feel this way on the President's proposals.

[RC]

3. We did. And everyone know how far that got us.

Something in excess of 14 million people demonstrating in the streets world wide.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. And Obama is pursuing diplomacy when it comes to Syria:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023663554

Also, Americans liked Obama's Syria speech:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3642634

We're moving in the right direction on Syria.