AP-Gfk Poll: Opposition to Afghan war grows while many welcome end to US combat role in Iraq
By Glen Johnson, APFriday, August 20, 2010
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose war in Afghanistan
LAWRENCE, Mass. — A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that nearly six in 10 Americans oppose the war in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama sends tens of thousands more troops to the fight.
Only 38 percent say they support Obama’s expanded war effort in Afghanistan — a drop from 46 percent in March. Just 19 percent expect the situation to improve during the next year, while 29 percent think it will get worse. Some 49 percent think it will remain the same.
A majority of Americans do welcome Obama’s decision to end combat operations in Iraq. Some 68 percent approve, a number unchanged from earlier this year. The last American combat brigade began leaving Iraq on Thursday, ahead of Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending the U.S. combat role there.
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