This may be president Obama's finest hour because the war weary American people are not in favor of an intervention in Syria. The latest polling shows that only one in four Americans are in favor of going into Syria and those are numbers similar to who identify as a Republican neocon. Favorability has gone down five points since the middle of August and that is a significant drop in just two weeks.
Obama needs to watch his step here because if we get involved in another protracted event in the middle east it could make a war weary public turn on the democrats and help to elect a republican president. We've seen war weariness before and this reminds us of what happened to LBJ back in 1968 when the unpopular Vietnam war helped to elect Richard Nixon who promised to bring an end to it.
This is a dicey situation but one that is going to require some action if we are to retain any leadership and moral high ground in this world. Russia is also a player in this situation and the unpredictable Putin will do just about anything to increase his nation's standing on the world power stage including a confrontation with the United States.
A lot to think about and consider here.
IOVHO,
Regards,
Joe
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