37% Favor Sending More Troops to Afghanistan, 40% Oppose
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.
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September 29, 2009
September 4, 2009
20% Say Pull All Troops Out of Afghanistan Immediately
Twenty percent (20%) of U.S. voters say all American troops should be brought home from Afghanistan immediately, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
August 18, 2009
33% Expect U.S. Troops To Be Out of Afghanistan By 2013
President Obama on Monday declared U.S. military action in Afghanistan as a “war of necessity,” and just 33% of 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. Only eight percent (8%) say it is very likely.
June 15, 2009
83% Now Say More U.S. Troops Likely in Afghanistan
Voters for now rule out the idea of negotiating directly with the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan and feel more strongly that President Obama will have to send more U.S. troops there.
March 31, 2009
74% Say More Troops Likely in Afghanistan
American voters think President Obama will repeat his recent decision to increase the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Three-out-of-four (74%) think it is likely that he will send in even more troops in the next year or so.
January 5, 2009
71% Say Obama Likely to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Barack Obama said repeatedly on the campaign trail that the war on terror was being fought on the wrong front, and 71% of U.S. voters say he is likely to send more troops to Afghanistan in his first year in the White House.
