Poll: Majority support missile strikes against Syria

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By LOUIS NELSON 04/10/17 08:10 AM EDT

A majority of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to launch missile strikes last week against the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a new CBS News poll released Monday morning shows.

That same poll showed an uptick in Trump’s approval rating, which climbed to 43 percent in the survey released Monday, since last week’s missile strikes. Forty-nine percent of those polled said they disapprove of the president’s job performance.

On the question of Trump’s order to launch Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian military air base, 57 percent of respondents said they support the move. But there is little appetite for more U.S. military intervention beyond airstrikes, with only 18 percent of those polled voicing support for the use of ground troops in Syria.

Seventy percent said that Trump must seek Congressional approval before taking additional action against Syria. Of those polled who identified as Republicans, more than 50 percent said further military steps by the president should come with the say-so of Capitol Hill.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/poll-syria-missile-strikes-237067

[still_one]

1. Majority also approved of invading Iraq based on a lie

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Yeah, I wonder how people would respond

if asked, "Do you approve of informing (Syrian ally) Russia prior to the missile launch?

"Do you approve of Trump bombing Syria without prior approval of Congress when there was no imminent threat to the US?"

[still_one]

3. All good points

[kstewart33]

4. Here we go again.

Another military incursion into the Middle East. We've been through this before, and we know how it will end. More innocent lives lost, Assad remains in power, and we're stuck with it.

[Turbineguy]

5. Assad is an awful man.

Therefore, let's help him kill more Syrians.

[DK504]

6. Oh well, if it's CBS we can be sure it's representative

of the American population. Since the only people that watch that network are all over 80.

[progree]

8. It's not a poll of CBS viewers (nt)

[progree]

7. According to that poll, 40% of Democrats approve. And so do Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/syria-strike-revive-trumps-economic-agenda-154609716.html

Many world leaders ( https://www.yahoo.com/gma/netanyahu-trump-sent-strong-message-syria-strikes-040905714--abc-news-topstories.html ) support the move, either overtly or through lack of criticism. In Washington, Democrats who have been bashing Trump on everything voiced approval of the Syria strike. That includes Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, leaders of the Democratic resistance on Capitol Hill.

[JCanete]

16. fucking pussies. They know his strike was stupid, lacked any obvious goals, and that he has no plan.

Unless he has that shit figured out, condoning, even praising his actions is pandering of the highest order to the whole "war time President" bs. Time to shut our mouths and support his unsurprisingly irresponsible actions.

[Bradical79]

9. A big reason our Democracy is broken

The majority of people just can't make intellegent decisions. They can't think past the most shallow and reactionary feelings. It makes Russia's destabilization campaign much easier than it should be.

It's not entirely their fault, as Conservatives have consistently undermined our educational system at every oppourtunity. They want a stupid and lazy electorate, and are screwing all of us (including themselves) in the process.

[ronnie624]

10. People who approve of waging war on behalf of the welfare of women and children,

are very, very ignorant.

[Equinox Moon]

11. The media is in full support, therefore, the herd follows along.

I have been at anti-war protests I so disapprove.

[Javaman]

12. do they support bombing more empty air bases that only killed civilians?

or do they support bombing actual forces.

inquiring minds want to know.

[leftynyc]

13. Meanwhile

In the most right wing of right wing polls, rassmussen has his approval DOWN from before the strike:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history

As does gallup

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx

[Oneironaut]

14. How many would support missile strikes against a target that could shoot back?

Assad is a vile dictator, but this is still cowardice. It's supporting war with no personal investment.

Who would still support bombing Syria if Assad had anti-ship missiles that could fire back? How about if Assad also had carriers, and cruise missiles that could hit American cities?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

15. "Make America Great Again" really means "Make America Feared Again"

We're never happier than when we are bombing an Arabic nation or invading a relatively defenseless nation in the Caribbean or Latin America.

I do think some people were genuinely appalled by the gassing; saw the photos; and supported the strike. I think others are just happy to see us shot off $70M in very expensive fireworks. Given that everyone had two hours warning, that's what it amounted to.

The same polls show we don't want troops on the ground, and we sure as Hell don't want to take refugees. So I assume the theory is we bomb him to the peace table. Last week, it seemed like we were willing to award Assad the win in the Syrian Civil War (presumably in exchange for help with ISIS). Curious to know whether he went off-script, or if this is all theater.