A new Rasmussen poll shows that a plurality of Americans oppose increase troop deployment to Afghanistan:
Americans are closely divided over whether the United States should send more troops to fight the war in Afghanistan, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) say yes to sending more troops, while 40% say no. Twenty-three percent (23%) are not sure.
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Twenty percent (20%) of U.S. voters say all American troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately. Another 17% oppose an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces but believe a firm timetable should be established to bring all troops home within a year. Democrats are much more strongly in favor of pulling out the troops.
But just 33% of all voters believe it is even somewhat likely that U.S. combat troops will be removed from that country by the end of the president’s first term.
Two-out-of-three Americans (66%) are now at least somewhat concerned that the war in Afghanistan will become another Vietnam for the United States. Thirty-eight percent (38%) are very concerned.
It does appear that the tide is turning on Afghanistan, just as it eventually did on Iraq.
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