Most 'remain against Afghan war'

Most 'remain against Afghan war'

Page last updated at 01:20 GMT, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 02:20 UK

Most people in the UK continue to oppose Britain's military operations in Afghanistan, a BBC survey suggests.

Despite government efforts to make the case for its military strategy, there has been little change in support since an identical poll in 2006.

Of 1,010 people polled on the eighth anniversary of the start of operations, 56% were opposed, 37% in favour, 6% unsure and 1% refused to answer.

Three years ago 53% of those polled were opposed, and 31% were in favour.

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Half of all men surveyed said they were opposed to the conflict and 65% of women also expressed opposition.

Of the overall 56% of respondents against the operations, there were more opposed aged 65 and over than any other age group at 60%.

Among young adults aged 18 to 24 that figure fell to 53% - the least of any age group.

The survey comes at the same time as a BBC Radio 4 panel discussion on Afghanistan, due to be broadcast on Wednesday 7 October at 2000 BST.

In it, Lindsay German, convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, said the conflict was "mission impossible" and would prove to be an "unwinnable war".

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resources after 9/11 should have gone into Afganistan and saved a lot of bloodshed.

The fact that he half-assed the mission in Afghanistan and then withdrew military resources from Afghanistan to go into Iraq is telling. He didn't give two sh*ts about catching OBL. I blame Kerry for not pounding W into the ground with this (yeah, I know the media wasn't helping any, either).


If a (D) had been running the country, every MSM "news" program would have have a counter of "Days Bin Laden Still Free" after 9/11. Just like they did to Jimmy Carter when US Embassy hostages being held by Iran.