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.
The
numbers come as Congress has moved to cut President Obama’s budget
request for operations in Afghanistan, and the administration is
reportedly leaving open the possibility of withdrawing all troops by the
end of next year, when combat forces are scheduled to pull out.
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