if just a few minutes we are expecting to hear new comments from president obama on syria. i want to bring back our news nation panel right now. zeke, let s pick up where we left off here talking about public support in this country. no secret that we are a war-weary nation. however, new numbers show just how weary we are as a nation. nbc news poll, 80% of americans believe president obama should get congressional approval before using force in syria. 50% oppose military action.
should put the brakes on what we re doing. what would you like to see should happen? i don t know how you can vet rebels and make sure the weapons won t be weapons we will be fighting against in the near future. i don t know how you say we re not getting involved when we are giving people weapons. i would say that is directly getting involved. it would be in this country if you give somebody a gun and aiding and abet can an accessory to murder. i don t think it s as simple as the congressman tried to describe. we have a war weary nation. we don t have a clear plan in syria. president has yet to address the nation why we should be arming people that we don t know that are friends. i think it s a volatile situation right now. we need to proceed with extreme caution. shannon: congressman, i will give you a chance to respond and qat ar has been
this approval rating. the is not something they reç thumping their chest on. they re worry evidence this will hurt his standing with the american people and particularly with democrats. we re a war weary nation. i think afghanistan and iraq didn t go so well, and i don t think the country is rushing to get into another war. so he is doing this because it s the right thing to do. neil: i hope you re right. needs the distraction. neil: i hope the good distract people with something from what he is neil: survive. we had the dow surrendering 106 points. the average is still up about 13%. it s just lately that it s been hiccupping. we ll have more.q
countries into indirect confrontation. syria is iran s line of first defense. they are not going to let that fall very easily. the other component is who does the u.s. give weapons to. who is going to prevail should the opposition topple this regime. it is a point you and i have discussed because the opposition is so fractured and consists of so many different elements. some of it a little bit more friendly. certainly, the elements of the opposition including extremists, should this conflict continue to get worse, their voice is getting lau getting louder. it is certainly important to pay attention to this humanitarian crisis and do what we can. we have to do the right thing for america. we are a war-weary nation. we should be careful entering into a civil conflict. it could spill out into jordan and lebanon and other places. it is still just a civil
it is a philosophy, islamic extremists, who are going to be at battle with america for a very long time. well, it s interesting you say that because your committee s chairman ed roist released a statement following the president s speech and he wrote, quote the troubling reality is that the president continues to underestimate the serious threat that al qaeda and its affiliated and inspired terrorists present to americans. now is not the time to abandon robust efforts to keep americans safe. now, this about the very same president who s been criticized around the world for being too aggressive, and he didn t say on thursday that he was ending the use of drones. i mean, so this really a fair criticism by mr. roist? well, again, i think the president is if the president s talking about our wars in iraq and afghanistan, clearly we re a war-weary nation. people are ready for those wars to try to come to a close. i think if the president is referring to the fact that we can somehow say