Obama has gotten the U.S. involved in an immense number of military engagements. The president who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize now makes George W. Bush look like a peacemaker.
Who would have guessed that liberal Democrat Barack Obama would end up being one of the biggest warmongering presidents in history. It is suspected by many that his decision to militarily intervene in Syria is being done to deflect the publics attention away from Obamacare the IRS targeting of conservatives and the NSA surveillance scandal. Intervening on behalf of the Syrian rebels is unpopular because it is not clear that the rebels who have been infiltrated by al Qaeda affiliates and Iranian-backed militias are any better than President Bashar al-Assads Shiite-controlled government and toppling the regime may lead to instability to the detriment of Israel.
A Gallup poll found that going into Syria is more unpopular than any similar conflict since the airstrikes on Kosovo under President Bill Clinton 15 years ago. Only 36 percent of Americans support the intervention compared to 51 percent who oppose it. Pope Francis is so opposed to military intervention he led Catholics around the world in a day of fasting for peace in Syria. British voters are overwhelmingly against military action with 47 percent opposing it and only 19 percent in favor. Seventy conservative Tories in British Parliament refused to vote for military action last week and the legislation failed.
Obama claims that 10 countries who signed a vague statement about military action at the G-20 summit last week means they back his plans to invade Syria. However Britain clearly opposes it and Russia asserts that only four of those countries support the invasion. If Congress does not approve military action in a vote shortly Obama appears ready to go ahead with the strikes anyway. This is even more disturbing since Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that his country will provide assistance to the Syrian government if the U.S. militarily intervenes on behalf of the rebels reviving a dangerous U.S.-Russian rivalry.