Poll: Most say Afghanistan war not worth fighting

An ABC News-Washington Post poll found 51 percent who said the war was not worth fighting, while 47 percent said it was worth it.

Only a quarter in the poll favored sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan while almost twice as many would like to see the number of troops decreased. At the beginning of this year, people were slightly more inclined to say the number of troops should be increased than decreased. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 20, 2009 - 7:36 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Aug 21, 2009 - 11:33 AM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 20, 2009

Poll numbers often just reflect the degree to which the public is misinformed, but are interesting nonetheless. The short article reports the results fairly straight up.

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