Poll: Potential U.S. Military Strike in Syria Most Unpopular in 20 years -- US News and World Report
Obama has uphill climb to convince public, Congress about Syria
Support for U.S. military strikes in Syria is lower than any other intervention in the last 20 years, according to a new poll.
Just 36 percent of Americans support President Barack Obama's call for air strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad, who the U.S. claims used chemical weapons to kill about 1,400 Syrians, including more than 400 children, according to a Gallup survey released Friday. Obama said he would seek congressional approval before moving ahead with the intervention, but faces stiff opposition from members, the public and the international community.
"Failing to respond to this breach of this international norm would send a signal to rogue nations, authoritarian regimes and terrorist organizations that they can develop and use weapons of mass destruction and not pay a consequence," Obama said Friday during a news conference at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. "And that's not the world that we want to live in."
The negative public opinion underscores why the president said he would address the public Tuesday to lay out his case for the intervention.
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My Comment: I would wager that the 36% who favor a US military strike is a very "soft" 36%. The Gallop poll breakdown is here. I also find it interesting that Gallop is stating that more liberals support a military intervention in Syria than conservatives.