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Americans want Obama to get Congress OK on Syria

Poll: Americans want Obama to get Congress OK on Syria

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Aamer Madhani
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Poll: Americans want Obama to get Congress OK on Syria

The White House says senior leaders in Congress are being included in conversations about whether or not to retaliate against Syria, but will they get a formal vote?


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Nearly 80% of Americans say President Obama should seek congressional approval before taking any military action in Syria, according to an NBC News poll published Friday.
Seventy-nine percent of respondents say they want the president to receive congressional approval before taking any action.
The tough poll numbers for the White House come one day after members of Obama's national security team provided 26 lawmakers with an unclassified briefing to detail some of the intelligence they say shows regime loyalists linked to Syrian President Bashar Assad were responsible for a chemical attack Aug. 21 outside Damascus that left hundreds dead.
The British Parliament voted Thursday to reject taking limited military action against Syria, despite the U.K. government releasing intelligence that shows the regime has deployed chemical weapons 15 times against the Syrian opposition.
Overall, 50% of Americans say they oppose the United States taking military action against Assad, and 42% support it, according to the new poll.
When respondents were asked if the military action meant launching cruise missiles from naval warships — 50% favored it, while 44% opposed military action.
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That figure could provide some comfort to Obama who has made clear that any potential action against Assad would be limited in scope and would not include U.S. troops on the ground.
Aides to Obama say he has not made a decision about taking military action in Syria.
"As we've said, President Obama's decision making will be guided by what is in the best interests of the United States," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said Thursday. "He believes that there are core interests at stake for the United States. He believes that there are core interests at stake for the United States and that countries who violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable."
NBC conducted its poll Wednesday and Thursday, and the poll has a margin of error of ±3.7 percentage points.
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Poll: Americans want Obama to get Congress OK on Syria

Even though morally it is the right thing to do I can remember many times in my life in difficult situations that the moral thing to do might have cost me my life in trying to help others. So, a country just like a person has to survive first and be moral second, otherwise the whole exercise becomes moot if someone dies or is so wounded by the encounter that they can no longer take care of themselves.

The problem in this situation is not Syria. If it were Syria alone I think this would be relatively easy. Because even if Syria sent Russian Cruise missiles loaded with Sarin Gas onto the decks of our Destroyers there we could retaliate then and wipe out all Syrian munitions at once in retaliation. However, this is not that situation because of Iran, Russia and China. Unless Iran, Russia and China agree with our assessment any or all of them could retaliate against the U.S. So, is the moral thing to do the right thing to do in this situation? Maybe.

Doing the right thing morally could just wind up in World War III eventually with Nuclear Weapons used by one or more sides. Unless this factor is brought into the equation people aren't being realistic. 

However, the other side might be this. Israel might need to take out Iran while it can. Now might be the last chance for Israel to get rid of Iran. So, this actually might be what is going on here. If Obama goes ahead on this it might be the end of either Iran or Israel. Watch and see.

 

Later:Saturday August 31, 2013:

Obama has agreed with the American people to consult with Congress before Attacking Syria to punish it for using chemical weapons over 13 places since August 21st 2013 including attacks in other places since last year. U.S.  Military Brass have concluded any attacks we make are not time sensitive so they can be done at any time in the future.



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