A new AP/Gfk poll is showing that the trend of opposition to the Afghan War continues, with an overwhelming 66% of Americans now opposed to the conflict, with only 8 percent of Americans remaining “strongly” in support of it.
The AP compared the poll to a late 1971 poll on the Vietnam War, which showed 65% of Americans opposed to continuing that war. But while the US was slowly beginning its withdrawal from Vietnam at that time, President Obama is just one week off of signing a deal to keep US troops occupying Afghanistan through 2024.
Surprisingly, the false narrative of Obama as in touch with the opposition to the war and moving to extricate America from the conflict remains at least somewhat intact, with a slight majority (53%) approving of President Obama’s handling of Afghanistan.
Still and all, every poll is securely showing a supermajority of voters in opposition to the Afghan War, and sooner or later it seems like that opposition must make the administration’s determination to escalate and extend the war is going to become a political liability.
The three NATO soldiers reported killed in Eastern Afghanistan by media outlets a few days ago were identified today by DoD as 3 U.S. soldiers killed in Ghanzi province. Eight U.S. soldiers have been reported killed in Afghanistan in the last three days by DoD.
Well I do not understand this: Americans are allegedly against the war but Republican candidate for president is the same as Obama and Bush Decider and Clinton before them both. The only candidate who is against the imperialistic wars just does not get enough votes. Where is the root of this phenomena, or should I say anomaly?
The difference between the Vietnam war(the one I got to participate in) and our current invasions is that there was little Israeli influence then. There will be no pullout as long as Israel owns congress.(only escalation)
Two roots: ignorant voters and rigged elections. They just need to keep the voters divided and distracted by phony issues (Obama supports gay marriage! That is so f'ing important.) . As long as the elections are somewhat close they can fake it to go the way they want.
Americans should know by now, Obama says one thing and does something else. No surprise we will be in Afghanistan indefinitely. I have believed for a long time that the War on Drugs will ensure America's presence in Afghanistan. By outlawing drugs like heroin, the price shoots sky high and the CIA and DEA make enormous money controlling the supply and distribution routes. Not that there would be, but this allows them to operate with black money with no oversight from Congress. Same for Columbia and cocaine and pot. Plan Columbia pours billions into Columbia, ostensibly as foreign aid but it is actually bribes to allow DEA total freedom to do what they do best, ruin people's lives.
Until the USA gets a government that is representative of the people, it will continue down the path of leadership by the aristocracy. The average yearly incomes of the democratic and republican members of congress that was published this past week proves that our Congress is run by the upper 1% to preserve the status quo. The average Americans who respond to polls do not have incomes of 750,000 or 910,000 dollars as their democratic and republican reps do. The question is, how can the USA get back to a representative government. And in that regard, the percentage of Jews in the House and Senate far exceeds a proportion that is healthy for this country, but they do have money.
In the Republic established by the Founding Fathers – the elected officials would actually represent the will and interests of the people who elected them.
But – the Republic has long been dead – the elected officials NO longer represent the people who elected them – instead they represent the lobbyists who pay them.