Young People Want To Send Troops To Fight ISIS But Are Too Scared To Go Themselves
In the wake of multiple terrorist attacks reportedly affiliated with radical jihad, a significant number of young Americans believe the United States should send troops to fight ISIS. They just can’t go themselves because, uh…um, they have a thing that day.
Of the 18-29 demographic, 60 percent believe America should have troops engage with ISIS. An almost equal 62 percent of those Americans also said they were completely unwilling to join the fight.
From NPR:
The institute has asked millennials about the idea of American boots on the ground at three different times this year, and the survey results have fluctuated somewhat, but there seems to be a “hardening of support.”
In this most recent survey, 60 percent of the 18- to 29-year-olds polled say they support committing U.S. combat troops to fight ISIS. But an almost equal number (62 percent) say they wouldn’t want to personally join the fight, even if the U.S. needed additional troops.
The disconnect in joining the fight comes down to how millennials feel about the government writ large, according to Harvard IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe.
“I’m reminded of the significant degree of distrust that this generation has about all things related to government,” said Della Volpe. “And I believe if young people had a better relationship with government … they’d be more open to serving.”
You pansies. If you want to go to war, you’re going to have to get your hands a little dirty.
Would I go to war? Nah. I don’t give a shit about anything, and the profound idea that I would go into battle and die to save our country is extremely disconnected from my reality. Except, maybe aliens. I would probably go to war against aliens. But jihadists? Meh. No thanks. My apathy knows no bounds.
Maybe it is time to reinstitute the draft. Can you imagine a bunch of coffee-sipping millennials getting dragged out of Urban Outfitters and shipped off to boot camp? Can you imagine me getting dragged out of the TFM office and put on the first flight to Syria? That could be something this country needs..
[via NPR]
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I hope you and your apathy fall down a well
10 years ago at 2:03 pmYou call them pansies but you wouldn’t even go yourself. Fuck you Steve holt.
10 years ago at 2:03 pm“If not me, then who?” -1Lt Travis Manion KIA 29APR07
This quote is lost to the generation that needs it most
10 years ago at 2:06 pmDidn’t know who this guy was so I looked him up. If you don’t know the name I highly suggest looking into this Exceptional individuals story.
10 years ago at 5:58 pmEnlisted at 17, graduated Marine Corps Recruit Training (where I spent my 18th) on the second of October and you can bet me and my Marines are ready to go light up the worlds of some goat fuckers.
10 years ago at 2:14 pmThank you for your service. God bless.
10 years ago at 5:01 pmFuck you, SteveHolt. You hypocritical fuck. You’re no better than the other 62%.
10 years ago at 2:15 pmI will gladly go. I hate bullies.
10 years ago at 2:26 pmActually, its probably better for the US Military and for the safety of our troops that Steve Holt remain at home…
10 years ago at 2:35 pmSteve would definitely fuck up the war somehow
10 years ago at 3:57 pmI love the army. It’s my only chance to legally kill a bad guy
10 years ago at 2:45 pmEver heard of self-defense chief?
10 years ago at 3:08 pmI’ll pay for your one way ticket to Syria provided you’re not wearing our country’s uniform.
10 years ago at 3:08 pmOne more thing to chalk up to your fucking awful record. In addition to the obvious (you being unwilling to serve your country), this is just horrible use of statistics. Since 40% polled said that they wouldn’t want to go to war with ISIS, it’s pretty safe to assume they wouldn’t want to personally fight. When you take that percentage out of the 62%, it leaves you with just 22% that likely said that we should go to war but wouldn’t be willing to personally fight, about a third of the 60% that the group that wants us to engage ISIS.
10 years ago at 3:43 pmI saw the same thing but did not want to write it all out, so thank you for that.
10 years ago at 10:11 pmBillyBomber, while often not wanting to go to war with a group goes along with not being willing to fight, sometimes it doesn’t.
I’ve been in the Marines for the last 7 years, and will be in for at least 8 more due to my required payback for my current specialty training.
Do I 100 percent think it’s the right decision to go to war with ISIS without a coalition and the U.N. or NATO behind us? Probably not.
Am I 100 percent willing to drop bombs in support of the infantry if we are told that we’re going to war? Hell yes. Regardless of the war, I, and many others like me, don’t fight because of policy, it’s just for the other members of the military whose lives depend on us. Even if I disagree with a war, someone’s kid is going to get sent to fight it, and that if kid needs ordinance dropped, we got it.
10 years ago at 9:46 amThat’s a valid point. However, I’d guess that the vast majority of those that said they would personally want to join the fight also said that the U.S. should go to war with ISIS.
10 years ago at 10:43 am