Do The Majority Of Americans Want The U.S. To Stay In Afghanistan Until The Job Is Done?

Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 23 where he announced that Gen. Stanley McChrystal had been relieved of duty as top war commander in Afghanistan and would be replaced by Gen. David Petraeus (2nd l.). Jason Reed/Reuters/file

Afghanistan War: Stay Until Job Is Done, Say Majority Of Americans -- Christian Science Monitor

A TIPP/Monitor poll finds that a majority of Americans say the Afghanistan war is still important but lacks clarity about the goal. Last month's WikiLeaks episode didn't change their views.

The leak of more than 91,000 classified Afghanistan war documents – accounts that gave an intimate and unvarnished look at the faltering campaign – appears to have virtually no effect on American public opinion, a new TIPP/Christian Science Monitor poll suggests.

Of those respondents who were at least somewhat familiar with the WikiLeaks story, 79 percent said the revelations did not change their support for the war one way or the other.

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My Comment: I am surprised by this poll. I expected a majority would favor a withdrawal from Afghanistan as soon as possible .... not a "stay on the course and get the job done" type of altitude.