Americans Turn Skeptical of Foreign Wars

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BY GERALD F. SEIB
Regardless of how it might change the Middle East, the crisis over Syria’s chemical weapons already has revealed something profound about the U.S.: It has shown just how deeply American attitudes toward foreign engagements have changed.
Support for intervention abroad has declined across the board, and differences between the two parties toward both the narrow question of striking Syria and broader efforts to engage overseas are shrinking.
Americans who were most likely to support a muscular stance abroad in the past—Republicans, conservatives and older men—have grown noticeably less enthusiastic; their attitudes now aren’t much different from the rest of the …
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