INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
One year after the chaotic withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, 50% of Americans say the United States made a mistake in
sending troops to the country, while 46% say it did not.According to Gallup, this close division of views is similar to two readings last
year — one taken before the withdrawal was complete and one afterward — as well as in February 2014.At all other times since the start
of the war in 2001, a majority of Americans thought that going to Afghanistan was not a mistake.The Afghanistan war cost the United States
more than $2 trillion.About one month after then-President George W
Bush ordered the first attacks on Afghanistan by United States troops, the effort enjoyed broad bipartisan support.Yet by 2004, 41% of
Democrats considered the war in Afghanistan a mistake, and 26% of independents agreed, compared with 11% of Republicans.Since then,
Democrats and independents have been far more likely than Republicans to say the United States had made a mistake by sending troops.In a
poll conducted after the collapse of the former government, 28% of Republicans said the war was a mistake
But now, about a year later, that figure has risen nine percentage points to 37%.The post A year after withdrawal, 50% of Americans say
Afghanistan war was a mistake first appeared on Ariana News.
