People in the US are starting to freak out about Syria, now that our government is saying an air strike will commence as soon as Thursday...
I am hearing mostly opposition to the war from everyone discussing it. There are a few people who support air strikes, but they do not seem very well informed about the situation and they tend to shut up when the more knowledgeable people start explaining why the air strikes are an incredibly bad idea.
Not helping the situation, is a fake news site claiming that Putin is threatening to launch air strikes at Saudia Arabia. It's an outright lie, but unfortunately the fake news story has been picked up by other fake news sites and people are sharing it on facebook. Naturally there is no confirmation of this at any major news sites in US or Russia that I have been able to find. The fake article originated at "EU Times" - which is actually a right-wing/libertarian/teabagger propaganda site:
Putin Orders Massive Strike Against Saudi Arabia If West Attacks Syria | EUTimes.net
The intent of this fake article seems clear to me - frighten people so that they will be more likely to support military action.
A lot of Americans are calling the White House, calling our Congress and Senate, doing all we can to urge them AGAINST this... but it seems that US government has a will all its own and is not interested in the will of the people.
Russia and China are both promising "catastrophic" consequences if the US goes through with the air strikes. I have no idea what these consequences might be. Someone needs to stop the US, but how to do that without actually going to war against America? I have absolutely no idea. All I can hope is that cooler heads prevail...