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Views of the Afghanistan War Among Americans and Canadians

12/24/2009, by Proloy Bhatta

Americans are conflicted in their views of Afghanistan. Although they oppose the war in Afghanistan, they support the Obama surge in Afghanistan.

Obama has effectively silenced the anti-war movement by:

Here are the polls showing that a majority support the surge in Afghanistan.

Pollster	Date	Support	Oppose
AVERAGE		51.3%	43.2%
CNN	12/16-20/09	59	39
AP Gfk	12/10-14/09	42	56
ABC	12/10-13/09	58	40
NY Times	12/4-8/09	51	43
Quinnipiac University	12/1-6/09	58	37
Bloomberg	12/3-7/09	62	34
USA Today Gallup	12/2/09	51	40
FOX News	11/17-18/09	42	45
NBC WSJ	10/22-25/09	43	49
ABC Washington Post	10/15-18/09	47	49

Pollster	Date	Favor	Oppose
AVERAGE		42.7%	52.3%
CNN	12/16-20/09	43	55
AP GFK	12/10-14/09	39	57
FOX	9/15-16/09	46	45

Canadians, on the other hand, are more consistent on the issue. They oppose the commitment of their troops in Afghanistan.

Pollster	Date	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		37.7%	54.3%
Angus Reid Strategies	12/1-2/09	42	53
Harris Decima	10/15-19/09	37	56
Ekos Politics	7/8-14/09	34	54

and oppose sending more troops by an even greater margin.

Pollster	Date	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		30.0%	64.0%
Angus Reid Strategies	12/1-2/09	28	66
Nanos Research	10/10-18/09	32	62

Canadians are able to be more consistent on the issue as this is considered America's war. Despite being against it, Americans still want to win it.

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