WORLD_ Americans oppose paying ransom for hostages

Americans oppose paying ransom for hostages

August 27, 2014
The Gulf Today


WASHINGTON: Nearly two out of three Americans say governments should not pay ransom to terrorists in exchange for hostages, despite the posting of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video last week depicting the beheading of a US journalist, a Reuters-IPSOS Poll showed on Tuesday.

Sixty-two per cent of adults surveyed said they agreed with US and British policy of refusing to pay ransom, in response to a question about the killing of American journalist James Foley and the multimillion dollar ransom demanded by ISIS militants for his release.

Just 21 per cent of respondents said they disagreed with that policy in the online poll conducted from Aug.12-25.

A sample of 4,685 Americans aged 18 and over were interviewed in the survey.

In the same poll, most Americans felt the United States should intervene somehow in Iraq, although overwhelming numbers oppose any US troops on the ground in support of the Baghdad government.

There was little disparity in the overall response among Democrats, Republicans and independents.

Just 29 per cent of adults felt the country should not get involved, even by sending humanitarian aid or weapons.

Thirty-one per cent said the United States should provide humanitarian aid to refugees from the conflict areas and 21 per cent said Washington should launch air strikes to support Iraqi government forces.

But just 12 per cent said Washington should fund and support a multi-national intervention, 11 per cent said the United States should send Special Forces troops to support Baghdad, 10 per cent said it should provide weapons to Iraqi troops and just 7 per cent said US troops should be sent.

The United States has begun a programme of limited air strikes in Iraq in response to advances by the ISIS.

The group released the video titled “A Message to America” on Aug.19 showing a black-clad fighter beheading Foley in retaliation for the strikes.

But only about a third of the poll respondents — 36 per cent — said they thought President Barack Obama was setting appropriate conditions for US involvement, when asked about the limited strikes and Washington’s assertion that it would not do more until Iraq’s current Shi’ite government undertook significant reforms.

The numbers were not significantly different for a sample including only veterans, active-duty troops and their families, except that 29 per cent versus 18 per cent backed air strikes to support Iraqi troops.

Reuters

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