Afghan War Grows Even More Unpopular

President Obama is now saying that we'll be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 -- sort of. He's signed an agreement with the government there that will allow some soldiers to stay -- to train the Afghan army and help them with controlling "insurgents". Republican candidate Mitt Romney won't even go that far, preferring an open-ended commitment to the war (which has already lasted more than 10 years). Both men are out-of-synch with what the American people want.

The American people are sick of this war. It has lasted too long, too many people (both soldiers and innocent civilians) have been killed, and nothing has really been accomplished. We have replaced a bad Taliban government with an equally misogynistic and much more corrupt government of our own choosing, but we would be deluding ourselves to think anything has been solved there -- and there is no end in sight to the killing.

And the longer it goes on, the more unpopular the war becomes. A new AP-Gfk Poll  now shows that two-thirds of Americans now oppose the war. Here are the numbers:

DO YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN?

strongly favor...............8%
somewhat favor...............20%
TOTAL FAVOR...............28%

strongly oppose...............40%
somewhat oppose...............26%
TOTAL OPPOSE...............66%

DON'T KNOW...............6%

It is time to withdraw ALL of our troops from Afghanistan -- not in 2014 (or later), but immediately.