As it enters its 10th year, support for the ongoing War in Afghanistan has reached a new low today, with a new CNN/ORC poll showing only 37% of Americans approving of the conflict at this point, down from 44% just two months ago.
The polling data also revealed that 52% of Americans believe that the war has turned into another Vietnam, a belief which is likely a function of massive escalations by the Obama Administration and the subsequent record death tolls among US troops.
Though the war has not been a popular once at all during the Obama Administration’s first term, it did see a minor bounce after the December escalation announcement, which came with a July 2011 drawdown date that some saw as the beginning of an exit from the nation. As officials have disavowed the date and violence has risen precipitously, however, that bounce (which saw 53% approval in the early spring) evaporated and opposition toward the war has grown.
Despite Americans being firmly in opposition to the war, however, it isn’t much of a political issue according to recent polls. The CNN poll showed only 9% thought the wars were an issue, while a New York Times poll showed only 3% thought it was.
Rather Americans are focusing chiefly on the shabby state of the domestic economy, and sadly have yet to notice any link between the economic downturn and the massive overseas adventures. With large numbers of key politicians also squarely on the side of continuous war, neither issue will likely be address until the voting public manages to put two and two together and realizes the link between the major expense of overseas occupations and a domestic government struggling to make ends meet.
Boobus Americanus!
If you're anti-war, who do people vote for? Republicans, tea partiers, if they talk about the military at all, want to increase or maintain "national defense" spending. Democrats are the now the ones waging the war. So no major party is going to end the war.
Conclusion? Don't vote for anybody unless they have clearly stated an anti-war, out-now, position.
On the other hand, think like a fisherman. For example he sets out light at night and attracts the small fish, and that eventually attracts the larger fish, which is the one he wants to capture. So when the little fish is coming to the light of sanity, eventually the big fish will be forced to at least posture as "me too". It could take a very long time, however, but these numbers are really moving quickly and ominously. Hopefully the issue will be brought up, and forcefully so, by audiences at the coming election campaigns. And by the time Obama seeks reelection, he might be forced into declaring a REAL change. Backing it up by decisive action.
Give Obama some credit–he hasn't attacked Iran as the butchers wanted by August 23 2010. That is the only reason he is hated–and now a lame President :^/
The ONLY reason? Rights disregarded,? continuation of illegal killings?, running from promise on legality, and indicated accountabilityly? absolving the former criminal administration and continuing his own ditto? giving himself rights LARGER than the emperors of Rome, that at least had to obey the law, to kill anybody, anywhere after only his own private decision? Change, for sure, but definitely NOT to the better!
The Reason Obama hasn't attacked Iran is because the Pentagon is against it. The consequences of attacking Iran have the certainty of inflicting lots of casualties on US forces and installations throughout the Middle East. Every US and allied warships in the gulf are in range of the Iranian's anti-ship cruise missiles and we have no known defense against that weapon. Israel will suffer devastating damage and casualties even though we have installed missile defense systems there.
That is Why Iran was not attacked in August 2010 and not because Obama refused to do it. Obama is hated for all his other globalist commie agendas he inflicting on America and nothing more.
Recent polling would suggest that fully 84% of the 37% of Americans that "support" the War in Afghaniscam, could not find Afghanistan on any geo-political map on a good day with prompting from an elementary school teacher. Or with prompting from America's Madam SecState the Schoolmarm Clinton. Hmmm, so much for educational standards in Amerika. Raise them funky taxes on the rich, Pakistan. Madam SecState has her own army. 69.3% of Americans polled revealed "they felt uncomfortable" with Clinton having access to any army. Yes, I digress and sorry.
Could it be that the wheels are coming off the war wagons? I mean, recent polling might suggest…
The 9/11 attackers were all granted visas to freely enter the US despite having been under the watchful eyes of the NSA while they were in Europe – all took their flight training right here in the US. .
When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan – the oil companies signed an agreement to build a gas pipeline through that country to the former Soviet Union countries that are rich in natural gas.
So – why is it really why we've been at war in Afghanistan? – to install a 'stable government' so that the oil companies can then build their gas pipeline?
Alexander had difficulty taking his army through Afghanistan; Ghengis Khan could not hold onto to that country; the British and the Russians were eventually beaten out of that country – there is a reason why History records Afghanistan as "the graveyard of soldiers and of empires".
By all admissions there are 50 to 100 'terrorists' in Afghanistan – and why are we fighting the Taliban?
The Taliban offered up Osama bin Laden to the US to be tried in an International Courtt of Law – the US refused their offer.
The war was LOST the moment the first American soldier entered Afghanistan.