U.S. Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Troops in Afghan War

From The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — A bare majority of Americans support President Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but many are skeptical that the United States can count on Afghanistan as a partner in the fight or that the escalation would reduce the chances of a domestic terrorist attack, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

In the wake of the president’s address last week explaining his decision, the poll found a 10 percentage point increase in public approval of Mr. Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan since last month, to 48 percent. But the shift reflects a twist on the political polarization that has marked much of Mr. Obama’s first year in office: Republican and independent voters are rallying behind Mr. Obama as he presses for the troop escalation, while Democrats remain decidedly cool to his war plans.

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My Comment: These poll results (now) have only one direction to go .... and it is down. When the body bags start to come home in large numbers when the fighting season starts in the spring of 2010, and the difficulty of fighting a war in Afghanistan becomes better understood by the American public .... American sentiment and their perception on how President Obama is fighting this war will only worsen. I am sure that President Obama understands this .... but considering the alternative of leaving Afghanistan .... he is probably realizing that he does not have any "politically acceptable" alernatives to grasp at this time.