Poll: French People Now Favor Sending Troops To Syria

French President Francois Hollande attends his news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 7, 2015. REUTERS/CHARLES PLATIAU

Reuters: Majority of French people favor sending troops to Syria: poll

A majority of French people are in favor of sending troops to fight Islamic State militants in Syria, a prospect that President Francois Hollande has flatly ruled out, a poll released on Sunday showed.

Some 56 percent of those questioned were in favor of a ground intervention as part of an international coalition, according to an Ifop poll for Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.

France began reconnaissance missions over Syria last week in preparation for a decision on whether to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants.

WNU Editor: Faced with the prospect of receiving millions of refugees or war .... it looks like the French public opinion is now shifting to war.