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US support for Afghan war dips to lowest level since presidential election. A new poll by
Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, USA has revealed that support by US voters for
the war in Afghanistan went down to 41% in January 2011, which is the lowest since President
Barack Obama assumed office in 2008. A poll conducted by the Washington DC-based Afghan
Study Group also found support diminishing even among conservative voters, who are now
more concerned about escalating war costs.
American Citizen (F) : I don’t believe war is ever the answer; you can’t make peace
with war. American Citizen 2 (F): The American people don’t support this and there really
is no military answer to this problem in Afghanistan.
Speaking to the press, Republican Senator Richard Lugar, a ranking committee member
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also indicated a growing dissatisfaction among
Americans at the idea of spending billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money in Afghanistan
for years to come. He stated, “For ordinary Americans looking at all this, they wonder,
‘Where does this stop?’”
US Congressman Dennis Kucinich: There is a time for clear thinking. And it’s not clear
thinking when people are talking about war and peace in the same breath, battle and negotiations
in the same breath. If we are going to be consistent, we should turn to negations right
now and not be escalating. If we really are concerned about the people of Afghanistan,
we’ll stop the war, we’ll negotiate a settlement, we’ll bring our troops home.
Our thanks, Quinnipiac University, Afghan Study Group and Senator Lugar for highlighting
the growing feeling of American citizens for the need to change from the ways of war. May
such findings help leaders and individuals alike realize a new priority of bringing improvement
to people’s lives through only peaceful means.�