Why is Obama Letting Congress Vote on Syria?

[rdubwiley]

[DreamSmoker]

1. Yep..

I could not have said this better..

[MisterP]

2. to delay the response: for months he was pushing as hard as he could,

but that seems to have produced a backlash at home (9% in favor), Cameron loses, Hollande's floundering
if they can reassure enough people that it's "a limited strike against specific and known targets," the reaction will be sufficiently drawn-out and muted: waiting a week or a month loses Them nothing, and they still get their war to get bogged down in (for the $$$, destabilization, whatevs)

I mean, who remembers their lies about Libya--or even that we attacked Libya? (except as the partisan Benghazi!!11 football?)

[customerserviceguy]

3. I agree with the comments

but one thing hit me. There was an assertion that only about 9 percent of the American public thought that it was OK to hit Syria with Tomahawk strikes, but I've heard about surveys on the radio that show a lot more support for options that couldn't possibly involve any of our service members being captured, killed, or hurt.

I'd like to know where that 9 percent figure comes from.

[DhhD]

4. Reuters/Ipsos Poll

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/08/26/only_9_percent_of_americans_support_war_in_syria_will_they_rally_round_the.html