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A majority of Americans support bringing U.S. service members home from Iraq and Syria and say the military should generally reduce its involvement in the Middle East, according to a new survey first shared with The Hill.
Thursday’s poll by Concerned America’s Veterans (CVA) and YouGov found that 62 percent of U.S. adults at least somewhat support withdrawing troops from Iraq. Slightly more than a quarter (27%) neither support nor oppose, while 11% oppose withdrawing troops from Iraq at least somewhat.
Most Democrats, Republicans and independents support withdrawing troops from Iraq.
A majority of Americans (61%) support recalling all troops from Syria. The poll shows that just over a quarter (27%) neither opposes nor supports the effort, while 12% are at least somewhat opposed to bringing troops home.
As in Iraq, most Democrats, Republicans and independents support at least some support in withdrawing troops from Syria.
In April, the U.S. military began withdrawing hundreds of troops from Syria.
“These findings confirm what we have seen for years: veterans and the public at large want a foreign policy that focuses on restraint, accountability and the national interest,” CVA Executive Director John Vick said in a statement. “Americans across the political spectrum recognize that after decades of fighting in the Middle East, our military presence in places like Iraq and Syria no longer serves a clear strategic purpose.”
Nearly six-in-ten (58%) respondents said the U.S. military should reduce its involvement in the Middle East overall. About 32% said the military should have the same number, while 10% said the U.S. military should be more involved in the region.
A majority of U.S. adults (58%) agree at least somewhat with President Trump that the Iraq war was a “huge mistake.” Just over a quarter (26%) neither agree nor disagree with this statement. About 16% disagreed at least somewhat.
“A majority of respondents, including Democrats and Republicans, agree with President Trump that the Iraq war was a mistake and overwhelmingly support withdrawing our troops from Iraq and Syria,” Wick said in a statement.
“Our warfighters should only be deployed on missions critical to our national security, and those missions simply do not exist in the current conflict,” he continued.
The survey was conducted from September 19 to 23 with 1,000 respondents, including veterans, military families and the general public. The margin of error is 3.7 percentage points.