{"id":14715,"date":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/10\/most-americans-dont-know-how-long-the-global-war-on-terror-has-lasted-poll\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:21:57","slug":"most-americans-dont-know-how-long-the-global-war-on-terror-has-lasted-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/military-honor\/2021\/11\/10\/most-americans-dont-know-how-long-the-global-war-on-terror-has-lasted-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans don\u2019t know how long the Global War on Terror has lasted: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How long has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/11\/heres-where-the-global-war-on-terror-memorial-could-be-placed\/\" target=\"_blank\">War on Terror<\/a> been going on? Long enough that most Americans can\u2019t remember exactly when it started, according to a new poll out this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report, commissioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/23\/advocates-push-for-space-on-national-mall-to-honor-global-war-on-terror-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation<\/a>, found that only 35 percent of individuals surveyed could correctly point to Sept. 11, 2001 as the start of America\u2019s ongoing military engagement against terrorist groups worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost a quarter of 1,019 individuals polled said they thought the conflict had been going on for at least 30 years. 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