Polls: Americans Are Split On Deploying Ground Troops To Fight The Islamic State

An American military trainer instructs an Iraqi soldier at the Taji base complex on January 7, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

The Hill: Almost half of Americans support ground troops to fight ISIS

More Americans are willing to send U.S. combat troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to a new AP/GfK poll.

Forty-two percent of Americans favor deploying troops to fight ISIS, up from 31 percent in a poll conducted early this year. Thirty-two percent oppose sending troops, while 22 percent didn't take a side.

Seventy-four percent of respondents said they think it is likely the U.S. will deploy ground troops, including 43 percent who said it was "moderately likely" and 31 percent who said it was "extremely/very likely."

WNU Editor: These numbers have been consistent with previous polls .... Poll: Majority Of Americans Support Sending Ground Troops To War Against The Islamic State. But while many are in favour of deploying military forces to the Middle East, the problem is that many do not want to be a part of that deployment .... Poll: Millennials Want To Send U.S. Troops To Fight The Islamic State, But Don't Want To Serve.