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Poll: Voters conflicted over U.S. involvement in Afghanistan
Voters across the country are conflicted over the involvement of American troops in Afghanistan, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
The poll found that by a 65-28 percent majority voters are willing to have American soldiers “fight and possibly die” to eliminate the threat of terrorists operating from Afghanistan..
Also, by a 52-37 percent majority, voters think the war in Afghanistan is he right thing for the U.S. to do.
However, by a 49-38 percent margin, voters say they do not think the U.S. will succeed in eliminating the terrorist threat. Also, by a 62-22 margin they don’t think the U.S. will succeed in building a stable democratic government in Afghanistan.
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The poll results come as President Barack Obama continues to review American policy in the war, including the possibility of sending more troops.
“The American people are deeply conflicted about the war in Afghanistan. Two-thirds of voters can tell you that the war is related to the 9/11 attacks and see the current effort there as worthwhile to prevent a recurrence,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said n a press release.
“…they don’t want a prolonged military commitment and there is obvious nervousness about requests from the military to send more troops to Afghanistan.”
The poll was taken from Sept. 29 to Monday, Oct. 5 with 2,630 registered voters nationwide and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.
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By Plain Truth
October 8, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this
The best stategy would be to anniunce to the world we are pulling out, then start to pull out and place then close by. This will let the enemy “think” they can take move in. Then secretly land right at the border behind the enemy and simultaneously somewhere in in front, This would surround them then adavance our troops behind and in front towards each other, this will cause the enemy to be gathered- in a netting sytem.By Alice
October 7, 2009 11:52 AM | Link to this
65% are willing to let Americans fight and die but only 52% think it’s the right thing to do? So 13% of those polled are o.k. with letting Americans fight and die for something they believe to be wrong? Am I missing something?