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Pictures Worth 1,000 Words: I Didn’t Join the U.S. Military to Fight For Al-Qaeda
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 75132" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/11/221408795/u-s-troops-oppose-striking-syria-online-survey-suggests?ft=1&f=1009" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>U.S. Troops Oppose Striking Syria, Online Survey Suggests</strong></span></a></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">An online survey of 750 active-duty U.S. troops suggests that opposition to striking Syria is "more intense" among military personnel than among the American public.</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"><em>Military Times</em>, a publication and newssite owned by Gannett Co. (not the federal government) reports that <a href="http://www.militarytimes.com/interactive/article/20130911/NEWS/309110009/Troops-oppose-strikes-Syria-by-3-1-margin" target="_blank">Troops oppose strikes on Syria by 3-1 margin | Military Times | militarytimes.com</a>:</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">— "The survey conducted online Monday and Tuesday found that about <u>75 percent of troops are not in favor of air strikes</u> in response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill civilians in that country."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">— "A higher percentage of troops, about <u>80 percent, say they do not believe getting involved in the two-year-old civil war is in the U.S. national interes</u>t."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">As the newssite points out: "About 64 percent of Americans oppose air strikes, according to a [News Poll published Monday] <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/09/09/opposition-to-syria-airstrikes-rises-as-republicans-shift-sharply-against-action/" target="_blank">Opposition to Syria airstrikes rises as Republicans shift sharply against action</a> ."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"><em>Military Times</em> concedes that its survey is "an unscientific sampling of <em>Military Times</em> readers and reflects the views of many career enlisted members and officers."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">But the survey results echo things that Blake Farmer of NPR member station WPLN was told earlier this week when he visited Fort Campbell, Ky. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/09/10/220932963/ordinary-americans-react-to-obamas-call-for-strikes-on-syria" target="_blank">Ordinary Americans React To Calls For Strikes On Syria : NPR</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">"Our military is tired," Geri Phillips, an Army mom, told Blake. "We're sick of it. We don't need to be in any more countries."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">While "for the men and women in uniform, it's difficult to have a public opinion since the commander-in-chief has spoken," Blake reported, "a few have told me off the record that they hope Congress blocks the White House from going ahead with airstrikes."</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf">Blake's report ended with this:</span></p><p><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">"I'm afraid this is just the beginning," added Deborah Piercy, who runs a shipping and greeting card shop just off post. Her husband fought in the first Gulf war, and she says Congress needs to consider all the steps before pulling the trigger in Syria.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">"We have to show them that we're not afraid to do what we have to do. But I certainly hope they've thought long and hard about it," she says.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #bfbfbf">Piercy worries a U.S. strike will only prompt retaliation of some sort from Syria.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 75132, member: 2770"] [URL='http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/09/11/221408795/u-s-troops-oppose-striking-syria-online-survey-suggests?ft=1&f=1009'][SIZE=6][B]U.S. Troops Oppose Striking Syria, Online Survey Suggests[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [COLOR=#bfbfbf]An online survey of 750 active-duty U.S. troops suggests that opposition to striking Syria is "more intense" among military personnel than among the American public. [I]Military Times[/I], a publication and newssite owned by Gannett Co. (not the federal government) reports that [URL='http://www.militarytimes.com/interactive/article/20130911/NEWS/309110009/Troops-oppose-strikes-Syria-by-3-1-margin']Troops oppose strikes on Syria by 3-1 margin | Military Times | militarytimes.com[/URL]: — "The survey conducted online Monday and Tuesday found that about [U]75 percent of troops are not in favor of air strikes[/U] in response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill civilians in that country." — "A higher percentage of troops, about [U]80 percent, say they do not believe getting involved in the two-year-old civil war is in the U.S. national interes[/U]t." As the newssite points out: "About 64 percent of Americans oppose air strikes, according to a [News Poll published Monday] [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/09/09/opposition-to-syria-airstrikes-rises-as-republicans-shift-sharply-against-action/']Opposition to Syria airstrikes rises as Republicans shift sharply against action[/URL] ." [I]Military Times[/I] concedes that its survey is "an unscientific sampling of [I]Military Times[/I] readers and reflects the views of many career enlisted members and officers." But the survey results echo things that Blake Farmer of NPR member station WPLN was told earlier this week when he visited Fort Campbell, Ky. [URL='http://www.npr.org/2013/09/10/220932963/ordinary-americans-react-to-obamas-call-for-strikes-on-syria']Ordinary Americans React To Calls For Strikes On Syria : NPR[/URL]. "Our military is tired," Geri Phillips, an Army mom, told Blake. "We're sick of it. We don't need to be in any more countries." While "for the men and women in uniform, it's difficult to have a public opinion since the commander-in-chief has spoken," Blake reported, "a few have told me off the record that they hope Congress blocks the White House from going ahead with airstrikes." Blake's report ended with this: [/COLOR] [INDENT][COLOR=#bfbfbf]"I'm afraid this is just the beginning," added Deborah Piercy, who runs a shipping and greeting card shop just off post. Her husband fought in the first Gulf war, and she says Congress needs to consider all the steps before pulling the trigger in Syria. "We have to show them that we're not afraid to do what we have to do. But I certainly hope they've thought long and hard about it," she says. Piercy worries a U.S. strike will only prompt retaliation of some sort from Syria.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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