syria who are potentially afraid of what might occur if the u.s. strikes? i m definitely in contact with people almost all day long because that s what i do. fe people are concerned. on average mostly civilians get killed because of tnt barrels and scud missiles and all of these things that asad has opinion lobbeen lobbying on them for two and a half years. i think they are overwhelming majority of syrians, even here in the united states of america, i speak for eight syrian american organizations. they are overwhelmingly support the president s request. we think this is not going to be about starting a war. this will be taking a significant step.