{"id":2513,"date":"2013-05-07T12:21:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2018-05-02T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T02:28:47","slug":"military-intervention-in-syria-american-people-show-greater-wisdom-than-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/military-intervention-in-syria-american-people-show-greater-wisdom-than-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Intervention in Syria? &#8212; American People Show Greater Wisdom Than Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/huffingtonpost.com\/charles-knight\/syria-intervention-public-opinion_b_3224367.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">\u27aa HTML<\/a> <span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Charles Knight<\/span>, <span class=\"varPubSource\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em>,<\/span> <span class=\"varPubDate\">07 May 2013.<\/span> <span class=\"varPubSum\">Advocates for U.S. military intervention in Syria are presently confounded by wide and deep opposition from the American public to additional military interventions abroad. When strong majorities hold opinions opposing military intervention in Syria there is something other than isolationism going on. Indeed, a majority of Americans are far ahead of Washington in learning the hard lessons of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u27aa HTML by Charles Knight, Huffington Post, 07 May 2013. Advocates for U.S. military intervention in Syria are presently confounded by wide and deep opposition from the American public to additional military interventions abroad. 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