Poll: Americans' mood sours on Afghan war

Majority in Post-ABC survey now say conflict not worth fighting

By Jennifer Agiesta and Jon Cohen
updated 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Most have confidence in the ability of the United States to meet its primary goals — defeating the Taliban, facilitating effective economic development and molding an honest and effective Afghan government — but very few say Thursday's elections there are likely to produce such a government.

When it comes to the baseline question, 42 percent of Americans say the U.S. is winning in Afghanistan; about as many, 36 percent, say it is losing the fight.

The new poll comes amid widespread speculation that the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, will request more troops for his stepped-up effort to root the Taliban from Afghan towns and villages. That is a position that gets the backing of 24 percent of those polled, while nearly twice as many, 45 percent, want to decrease the number of military forces there. (Most of the remainder say to keep the level about the same.)

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This is Obama's folly now.

We can't save them. They can't save themselves until we leave. Then they will massacre each other till they have something they can work with. Not our business. Not our problem.

It's China's problem. It's Russia's problem. It's Iran's problem. It's India's problem. It's Pakistan's problem.

It ain't our problem.

WE are never getting our hands on the Caspian Basin oil. If our oil companies want it, let them hire Blackwater and go in blazing themselves. That should be fun.