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February 14, 2012

22:01 • 1 year ago

Americans are beginning to sour on foreign intervention

Tags: al-assad arab spring bashar al-assad civil unrest civil war dictators Libya Muammar Gaddafi oppression protests syria united nations 62 • Permalink

63% of Americans believed, in March 2011, that the US had no obligation to intervene in Libya
73% of Americans believe, as of today, that the US has no obligation to intervene in Syria source

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stats are from previous years…..
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pol102 said: Yes, but 80% or more of Americans can’t find either country on a map. So there’s that.
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But for some reason,...we should support Israel...every way....
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CNN didn’t get that memo
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Look, here it goes. We shouldn’t fuck with other people’s countries. But if there’s someone
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WHAAAAA? sometimes it’s really hard...like America….
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Will all due respect, these are two very different situations....saw a clear case
conky said: Would love to see the wording of the question. One could imagine a sizable minority of Americans opposing on principle that the US has “obligations” to other nations, irrespective of their views on Syria. CNN’s link to full results is broken however.
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wow people are finally starting...realize there’s a thing called Blowback!!!
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heck don’t have any...to. Geez criminy.
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