Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria
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The Onion
Sunday, Sep 8, 2013
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A majority of U.S. citizens believe congressional leaders in both
the House and Senate must be sent to war-torn Syria immediately. |
WASHINGTON—As
President Obama continues to push for a plan of limited military
intervention in Syria, a new poll of Americans has found that though the
nation remains wary over the prospect of becoming involved in another
Middle Eastern war, the vast majority of U.S. citizens strongly approve
of sending Congress to Syria.
The New York Times/CBS News poll
showed that though just 1 in 4 Americans believe that the United States
has a responsibility to intervene in the Syrian conflict, more than 90
percent of the public is convinced that putting all 535 representatives
of the United States Congress on the ground in Syria—including Senate
pro tempore Patrick Leahy, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and, in
fact, all current members of the House and Senate—is the best course of
action at this time.
“I believe it is in the best interest of the
United States, and the global community as a whole, to move forward
with the deployment of all U.S. congressional leaders to Syria
immediately,” respondent Carol Abare, 50, said in the nationwide
telephone survey, echoing the thoughts of an estimated 9 in 10 Americans
who said they “strongly support” any plan of action that involves
putting the U.S. House and Senate on the ground in the war-torn Middle
Eastern state. “With violence intensifying every day, now is absolutely
the right moment—the perfect moment, really—for the United States to
send our legislators to the region.”
“In fact, my preference would have been for Congress to be deployed months ago,” she added.
Citing
overwhelming support from the international community—including that of
the Arab League, Turkey, and France, as well as Great Britain, Iraq,
Iran, Russia, Japan, Mexico, China, and Canada, all of whom are reported
to be unilaterally in favor of sending the U.S. Congress to Syria—the
majority of survey respondents said they believe the United States
should refocus its entire approach to Syria’s civil war on the ground
deployment of U.S. senators and representatives, regardless of whether
the Assad regime used chemical weapons or not.
In fact, 91
percent of those surveyed agreed that the active use of sarin gas
attacks by the Syrian government would, if anything, only increase poll
respondents’ desire to send Congress to Syria.
Public opinion was
essentially unchanged when survey respondents were asked about a
broader range of attacks, with more than 79 percent of Americans saying
they would strongly support sending Congress to Syria in cases of bomb
and missile attacks, 78 percent supporting intervention in cases of
kidnappings and executions, and 75 percent saying representatives should
be deployed in cases where government forces were found to have used
torture.
When asked if they believe that Sen. Rand Paul should be deployed to Syria, 100 percent of respondents said yes.
“There’s
no doubt in my mind that sending Congress to Syria—or, at the very
least, sending the major congressional leaders in both parties—is the
correct course of action,” survey respondent and Iraq war veteran Maj.
Gen. John Mill said, noting that his opinion was informed by four tours
of duty in which he saw dozens of close friends sustain physical as well
as emotional injury and post-traumatic stress. “There is a clear
solution to our problems staring us right in the face here, and we need
to take action.”
“Sooner rather than later, too,” Mill added. “This war isn’t going to last forever.”
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