Thursday, April 12, 2012

Afghanistan poll

  • The majority of Republicans now think the war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Public support for the war in Afghanistan has sunk to a new low of just 30 percent and for the first time a majority of Republicans say the war was not worth fighting, a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed.
  • (NewsMax.com)
  • Karzai has ruled out running for a third term.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A majority of Republicans say for the first time that the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll that comes as the continuing U.S.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped to a new low in ABC News/Washington Post polls, surpassing even the war in Iraq at its most unpopular. Six in 10 Americans believe most Afghans themselves oppose the U.S. mission.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday it was important for NATO-led forces to continue implementing their strategy to end the conflict in Afghanistan despite growing signs of public fatigue after 10 years of war.
  • (Reuters UK)
  • We cannot fight wars by polls. If we do that were in deep trouble, Panetta told a news conference in Canada. We have to operate based on what we believe is the best strategy to achieve the mission that we are embarked on, he said.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • There is no "good war" anymore. According to a New York Times poll, 69 percent of Americans think the U.S. shouldn't be waging the Afghanistan war.
  • (Wired News)
  • A majority of Republicans say for the first time that the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll that comes as the continuing U.S.
  • (Stars and Stripes)

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