The history of American interventions is littered with such examples.
It called the resolution an excuse for American military intervention.
Many here said that, in the absence of American intervention, force was the sole answer.
Such a change might lead to more American intervention, and the world wants a lot less.
When it comes to American intervention, the key to winning support is to gain cooperation of other countries.
British opinion found it a poor substitute for American intervention.
In the end, he said, peace would come through negotiations, not as a result of American intervention.
"Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult," he said.
If that majority did not want further American military intervention, then we would have a mandate to leave.
But the public still had no tolerance for American intervention.