U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard G. Deibler uses binoculars to scan the area below from the side door of a UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter during flight operations over Afhanistan's Helmand province, Oct. 17, 2012. Deibler, a door gunner, is assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Forward. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo
Republicans Growing Conflicted Over Afghanistan, Says Poll -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy
Once decidedly hawkish, Republicans have grown more divided over whether to leave Afghanistan, according to a new poll released Friday that also shows Democrats overwhelmingly agree with President Obama’s timetable for exiting the war.
Just 2 percent of Democrats polled said that Obama was pulling troops out of Afghanistan “too quickly,” and a significant majority of respondents from the left firmly opposed his committed war policy -- a position backed by NATO -- of removing combat troops over a two-year period while Afghan forces receive more training.
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My Comment: And of those who support the Afghan mission .... that support is mostly soft. Bottom line .... America is fed up with Afghanistan .... and politicians are now feeling the heat.