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| + | == Majority of blacks oppose Obama's Syria policy == | ||
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| + | <html>African Americans have been (and remain) President Obama s most loyal supporters and an almost monolithic voting bloc for both the president and the Democratic Party. | ||
| + | But two new polls that assess Obama s quest for military action against Syria indicate that the president s Syria policy has caused the first serious breach in his once impenetrable black armor. Indeed, for the first time on any given issue, a majority of blacks not only disagreed with but also disapproved of the president s position. Likewise, a majority of Hispanics oppose a military response to reports that the Syrian government used chemical weapons. | ||
| + | The numbers are revealing. One Washington Post poll had 40 percent of blacks supporting airstrikes, while 56 percent did not. For Hispanics, the figure was 31 percent supporting but 63 percent opposed. | ||
| + | And, amazingly,[http://msi.sibsutis.ru/drupal/content/sen-manchin-pushes-45 Sen. Manchin pushes for 45], for the first time since he took office in 2009, whites and blacks tracked almost precisely equal on an issue. For whites, it was 38 percent supporting Obama s proposed attack against Syria, while 58 percent were opposed. This was a telephone survey done between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1 among a random national sample of 1,012 adults. | ||
| + | A second survey by the Pew Research Center between Aug. 29 and Sept. 1 among 1,[http://lashekinahdejehovainc.org/web/ What would you be willing to trade to get a LT like Eugene Monroe-],000 adults yielded , according to a racial calculus provided to Journal-isms. The numbers of Asian and Native Americans were too small to be included in these results. | ||
| + | The New York Times : | ||
| + | A sharply divided Senate committee voted Wednesday to give President Obama limited authority to use force against Syria, the first step in what remains a treacherous path for Mr. Obama to win congressional approval for a military attack. | ||
| + | The Washington Post Tuesday that Rep. (D-Calif.) was one of 12 key voices in Congress for the Syria debate. Lee is a nationally known and fiercely anti-war liberal. She prevailed upon more than 60 of her congressional colleagues to sign a letter to Obama asking him to seek formal congressional authorization before attacking Syria. | ||
| + | From the Post: Given her vocal stance, she could be especially influential over colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus, a bloc of more than 40 votes that the White House will need to ensure passage of a resolution in the closely-divided House. | ||
| + | Lee herself is quoted as : We must learn the lessons of the past. Lessons from Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and others. We must recognize that what happens in Syria does not stay in Syria; the implications for the region are dire. | ||
| + | A black columnist for USA Today agreed with Lee. DeWayne Wickham on Tuesday, Yes, the 426 children killed by the use of a weapon of mass destruction which most of the world agrees is an unacceptable means of meting out death is a chilling reminder of the indiscriminate brutality of war. But in a conflict in which both sides are accused of committing gruesome war crimes, President Obama should not let himself be bamboozled into plunging this nation down another Middle East rabbit hole. | ||
| + | But syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. (African American) of the Washington Post Writers Group , We don t have to be the world s policeman, but like it or not we are the world s moral referee. We haven t always done that when we should have, as when the United States turned a blind eye to what was happening in Germany in the 1930s. That s no excuse for refusing to do it now. We defend the powerless and voiceless. This is what America does. It is tough and often thankless work. But it is also indispensable work if we aspire to live in a civilized world. | ||
| + | Bridget Johnson, also black, is the Washington editor of something called PJ Media a conservative libertarian news and opinion site. She recently appeared on NPR s Tell Me More program and made this rather : | ||
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| + | Interestingly, the Pew survey referred to above asked this question: Do you think has explained clearly why the US should launch military airstrikes against Syrian military targets or has he not explained the reasons clearly enough? | ||
| + | Among non-Hispanic whites, 30 percent said yes and 49 percent said not clearly enough; among non-Hispanic blacks, 51 percent said yes and 35 percent said not clearly enough. The remainder said they did not know. | ||
| + | The White House announced just Friday that the president will address the nation on Tuesday evening in an attempt to make the case for attacking Syria. | ||
| + | Asked, Do you think US airstrikes in Syria are likely to lead to a long-term US military commitment there?, 62 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 60 percent of non-Hispanic blacks said yes; 26 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 25 percent of non-Hispanic blacks said no. | ||
| + | Asked, Do you think US airstrikes in Syria are likely to create a backlash against the US and its allies in the region?, 76 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 69 percent of non- Hispanic blacks said yes; 14 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 19 percent of non-Hispanic blacks said no. | ||
| + | Fifty-seven percent of non-Hispanic whites and 61 percent of non-Hispanic blacks agreed that the US should first get a United Nations resolution to use force before taking military action against Syria. | ||
| + | Opinion | ||
| + | As I have written previously, the bloom is finally off the Obama rose insofar as black people are concerned. The list of disappointments and broken promises is far too long to chronicle, once again, here. But suffice it to say that we have sat back quietly,[http://sun7-forum.co.de/forum/index.php?topic=166172.msg172147#msg172147 Teen battles cancer, raises funds], hopefully, and watched this man put three women on the Supreme Court without even bothering to interview even one black female jurist. | ||
| + | We have looked on in utter amazement as over and over again Obama goes to bat for gays and gay marriage. | ||
| + | How can we not help but notice that his No. 1 domestic push these days seems to be immigration reform, while this nation-state s cities and urban enclaves deteriorate at an ever-increasing rate. | ||
| + | And, Obama has dispatched his attorney general to at least give lip service to the burgeoning, overflowing-with-black-and-brown-bodies jails and prisons. But both of them refuse to make the new sentencing guidelines regarding crack versus powder cocaine retroactive. Thus, thousands upon thousands of low-level, nonviolent, mostly black and brown offenders will remain locked up almost indefinitely. | ||
| + | Obama s performance at the 50th commemoration of the March on Washington last month seemed perfunctory, overly scripted, and certainly contained no policy prescriptions for what ails black America. | ||
| + | There are many more issues which affect blacks specifically and directly, but which this first black president has not deigned to address. | ||
| + | But this latest foray into Syria seems to have been something of a tipping point, for it has brought about a perceptible sea change in black peoples perception of this man. His rhetoric and proposals therefor are damn near identical to the rhetoric and practices of his predecessor, . | ||
| + | And the thing is, Obama does not seem to notice this change nor even care. | ||
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