America says no to U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State: poll

The majority in America has spoken and the message is loud and clear: No U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State terrorists, they say.

That’s according to a new CNN/ORC International poll, conducted with 1,055 adult Americans by phone between Set. 25 and Sept. 28, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Fewer than four in 10 say ground troops should be sent to the scene, CNN reported. At the same time, more than not believe that sending in the ground troops could prove inevitable.

The poll found that while 24 percent of Americans did not see ground troops in the future, fully 36 percent did — and another 39 percent said it was “somewhat likely,” CNN reported.

The finding comes as President Obama emphasized in televised statements over the weekend that he wasn’t going to send ground troops.

Yet Americans see the Islamic State with growing alarm.

Forty-five percent say the threat from the terrorist organization is “very serious,” another 23 percent say it’s “fairly serious,” and 23 percent, “somewhat serious,” CNN reported.