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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLess Than One In Five Support The War In Afghanistan
http://www.businessinsider.com/less-than-one-in-five-support-the-war-in-afghanistan-2013-12A new CNN-ORC International Poll released this morning finds that fewer than one-fifth of Americans support the war in Afghanistan with more than 80% opposing it.
Support for the war has fallen over time. A 2008 CNN poll found 52% supported it compared to 46% in opposition. An Associated Press poll in May 2012 found that just 27% supported the war with 66% opposed. Now those numbers have fallen even further.
Only a third of the country believes the U.S. is winning the war while 57% say that it is going badly.
The U.S. is scheduled to remove nearly all troops from Afghanistan by December 2012. More than half the country would like American troops withdrawn even quicker than that.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/less-than-one-in-five-support-the-war-in-afghanistan-2013-12#ixzz2oxwCZJbl
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Less Than One In Five Support The War In Afghanistan (Original Post)
xchrom
Dec 2013
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RC
(25,592 posts)1. One in Five, huh? Why is the number that high?
panader0
(25,816 posts)3. Seriously, who would support it and for what reason?
Look at all those poppies.
RC
(25,592 posts)4. Oh, yeah, the poppies. Thanks.
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)2. The Statistic I found interesting in the CNN story was this.
According to the polling, 17% of the people approve of the war in Afghanistan. But 25% of the people think we should keep troops there after December 2014. So using the most basic math we find that 8% of the people do not approve of the war, but want to keep troops there anyway.
I guess we can start the debate on why such a large majority are opposed to the war.