You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Afghanistan
50% of Americans Thought Troops in Afghanistan was Mistake
2022-09-03
What percent think we should have just bombed the place until it was a smooth plane of dust or turned it into a sea of glass instead?
[ToloNews] Gallup has found that one year after the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, 50% of Americans say the US made a mistake in sending troops to the country, while 46% say it did not.

"This war economically was heavy for the United States and caused many human casualties, these two things are the reason for losing the American people's support for the presence of American forces in Afghanistan," said Ajmal Sulail, a counter-terrorism expert.

"This war is the cause that most of our youth are leaving the country, and now its so hard to find educated people now in Afghanistan," said Farhad, a Kabul resident.

According to Gallup research, the Afghanistan War, which began as a direct result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ultimately claimed the lives of more than 2,400 US service members, and injuries to more than 20,000 US troops and cost the US more than $2 trillion.
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  They need to read Landigal, if they can.

The first act his some remarkable insight between the lines, and right in front, of the overall strategy 2006.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-03 17:26  

#11  The other 50% weren't thinking.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-09-03 14:06  

#10  ^^^^ this. Some higher ups should have been handed their ass for such strategic incompetence.
Posted by: Chris   2022-09-03 14:03  

#9  also fire bases at the bottom of valleys!
Posted by: Sluse Grealet9429   2022-09-03 13:56  

#8  I thought the mistake was when Bush gave in to the pressure to re-escalate there after having shifted to Iraq.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-09-03 12:48  

#7  Did the Gallup question distinguish between "sending and returning" and "sending and staying" ?
Posted by: James   2022-09-03 12:32  

#6  That's a bum question.

I'm on a time scale, with a trend to plummet at the opening of Green Beans.

I'll take the retrospective guess that was around the WAG majority switch from punitive expedition to selling heroine to Europe.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-03 11:19  

#5  Ignore me. Please.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-09-03 07:30  

#4  Wonder what the percentage was in the 1930s who thought getting involved in Europe in 1917 was a mistake.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-03 07:29  

#3  "50% of Americans say the US made a mistake"

But 100% of Dem politicians didn't.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-09-03 04:09  

#2  /\ Formerly referred to as 'deplorables.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-03 03:12  

#1  The great leader recently established that 50% of Americans ain't worth listening to.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-03 01:47  

00:00