Reuters/Ipsos: 78% Don’t Want Ground Troops In Syria
Posted by Alan | November 16, 2015 18:49 | Filed under: Politics War & Peace
60% of Americans supported investing more in the military campaign against ISIS, with a slim majority favoring increased airstrikes. However, a clear majority opposed sending special forces or other ground troops to Iraq and Syria.
Asked whether the United States should dispatch special forces – something President Obama has already done, albeit on a very small scale – opposition stood at 65%. But that number increased further when asked whether the US should deploy regular ground troops, with a full 76% opposed.
The survey also showed that Americans were more fearful of the prospect of attacks now than they were after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. That attack was carried out by two brothers who constructed bombs out of pressure cookers, killing three people and leaving more than 250 wounded – many of them maimed for life.
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