Many Americans Say Afghan War Isn’t Worth Fighting -- Washington Post
Only 28 percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting, the lowest number on record and clearly below the least-popular stretches of the Iraq war, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Overall support for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan has dropped 11 percentage points since March, a precipitous fall during a period marked by tension between U.S. officials and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a spring and summer resurgence in Taliban attacks, and the failure of ballyhooed peace talks with insurgents to get off the ground.
The drop in approval was matched by an 11-point increase, to 67 percent, in those who say the war has not been worth fighting.
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My Comment: This is what happens when you fight a war where combat becomes replaced with commerce and nation building .... but the war continues. The only thing that I am surprised about this poll is that 28% still believe the Afghan war was worth it. As to what is my take .... after 9/11 Afghanistan had to be invaded and the Taliban/Al Qaeda alliance vanquished .... but (I know that this is hindsight) we should have then positioned ourselves to leave the country three or four years later (i.e. in 2004-2005).
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