Less Than One In Five Support The War In Afghanistan

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http://www.businessinsider.com/less-than-one-in-five-support-the-war-in-afghanistan-2013-12



A 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 More than half the country would like American troops withdrawn even quicker than that.



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[RC]

1. One in Five, huh? Why is the number that high?

[panader0]

3. Seriously, who would support it and for what reason?

Look at all those poppies.

[RC]

4. Oh, yeah, the poppies. Thanks.

[Savannahmann]

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.