President Barack Obama has turned the question of whether to strike Syria into an extraordinary national sales job — seeking to convince skeptics in Congress and among the public that military action would be worth the risk.
It does not seem to be selling well. That's the takeaway from the most recent national polling and the response from voters nationwide. "I don't think it's the right time and the right place for our country to make a unilateral strike," Tom Farrell, of West Hartford, Connecticut, told Democratic Rep. John Larson at a special meeting the lawmaker called there on Labor Day.
Farrell said he asked himself if U.S. missiles would improve the situation in Syria. And he thought not. "We are not trying to help the Syrian people. We are trying to make a point," he said.