The situation in Syria signals an increasingly adverse sentiment among the American public to any government policy which would involve U.S. engagement – through airstrikes or otherwise. … The Syrian government blatantly crossed the “red line” President Obama established last year, not once but twice, with a clear disregard for the international accord against the use of chemical weapons. However, even with the high level of awareness about the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans are moving further away from intervention. This opposition to military action represents a deviation from how Americans have viewed handling chemical weapons in recent decades. [cont.]
Paul Donaldson, Public Opinion Strategies
Recent polls: Syria