Obama Sidesteps Afghan War -- With Media's Help

By Richard Benedetto - August 8, 2013

Nearly buried beneath the mid-summer hullabaloo over Anthony Weiner, the Zimmerman trial, the Snowden leaks and A-Rod’s drug woes was news that American support for the war in Afghanistan has hit an all-time low.

Moreover, and perhaps more astonishing in these days of hyper political polarization, Afghanistan is one area where there is remarkable bipartisan agreement:

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans now say that the war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting, according to a late-July ABC News-Washington Post poll.

That should be big news, but it created hardly a ripple out there in media land. Afghanistan is oh so yesterday.

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