Majority Of U.S. Millennials Want To Send Troops To Fight ISIS,
But Wouldn't Go Themselves
Despite their support for sending troops, 85 percent of respondents
told pollsters they would "definitely" or "probably" not be willing
to join the military.
By Reuters
December 11, 2015
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A majority of U.S. young adults support
sending ground troops to fight Islamic State militants, though fewer
than one in five would be willing to serve themselves, according to
a Harvard University poll released on Thursday.
Some 60 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 told Harvard’s
Institute of Politics they either “strongly” or “somewhat” supported
sending ground troops to combat militants who have seized territory
in Syria and Iraq, as well as orchestrated or inspired deadly
attacks in California.
Support has risen markedly from 47 percent before the Nov. 13 Paris
attacks, in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people.
Despite their support for sending troops, 85 percent of respondents
told pollsters they would “definitely” or “probably” not be willing
to join the military. Republican respondents were most willing to
serve, with 24 percent responding that they would “definitely” or
“strongly consider” joining the armed forces, if they had not
already enlisted.
The poll of 2,011 people aged 18 to 29 was conducted Oct. 30 through
Nov. 9, before the attack in San Bernardino by a married couple
inspired by Islamic State militants who killed 14 people.
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