Are Republicans just as fickle as their new Commander-In-Chief ?

In 2013 , when Obama was President , a Wapo-ABC News poll found that only 22% of Republicans supported the US launching missile strikes against Syria in response to Assad using chemical weapons against civilians.

A new Post-ABC poll finds that 86% of Republicans support Trump's decision to launch strikes on Syria for the same reason.

Trump himself repeatedly warned Obama in 2013 not to attack Syria :

The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2013

AGAIN, TO OUR VERY FOOLISH LEADER, DO NOT ATTACK SYRIA - IF YOU DO MANY VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN & FROM THAT FIGHT THE U.S. GETS NOTHING!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2013

President Obama, do not attack Syria. There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your "powder" for another (and more important) day!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2013

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Niburu · 51-55, M

You realize of course you could do the same cherry picking of articles for every political figure out there of every political party and show them flipflopping on all kinds of issues.
This is nothing new.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

I haven't cherry-picked anything and the question isn't about his flip-flopping , rather it's about the willingness of his supporters to follow him blindly even against their own better instinct.

Niburu · 51-55, M

@pezzza: [quote]it's about the willingness of his supporters to follow him blindly even against their own better instinct.[/quote]
you could say that about a lot of the Clinton or Sanders supporters too
and yes listing self confirming quotes is cherry picking in my book

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@Niburu: If there were other quotes of his to the contrary then your charge might hold some water. Unfortunately there isn't.

Niburu · 51-55, M

@pezzza: ok fair enough
at what point does t be come fickle to change your mind on something when presented with evidence to change your position?
does he have to flip back the other way?
what's the time limit to differentiate between being fickle and have a change of heart?
is that the same thing to you?
are we just dealing with semantics then?

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@Niburu: I simply found the figures quite astonishing. How they could go from 22% to 86% when presented with exactly the same scenario. There was more than just a little sarcasm when I used the word fickle.
As far as Trump is concerned though , there was no new evidence to change his position. Those quotes came from a time when the world was already outraged by Assad gassing his own people in precisely the manner that he most recently did. I thnk his change of heart might more likely be the result of other considerations rather than a sudden outpouring of compassion. This is the guy after all who said he would look those same children 'in the face' and tell them he wouldn't accept them as refugees.