At 61%, according to Rasmussen:
Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. voters agree with President Obama’s decision to put more U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Twenty-five percent (25%) are opposed to putting more troops in the war-torn country, and 14% are not sure in a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Republicans are more supportive of the president’s action than are members of his own party. Seventy-two percent (72%) of GOP voters support the decision to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, compared to 54% of Democrats. Sixty percent (60%) of voters not affiliated with either party agree.
There is a window of opportunity here for Obama to go strong for victory in Afghanistan – and what will destroy popular support is not casualties, but any perception that we are not fighting for victory. As long as the goal is to win, the people will broadly support the effort. The test for Obama will come when we have our first high-casualty action and/or when there is the first incident of large numbers of non-combatants killed (the enemy will be working diligently to set up civilian deaths) – at that point, Obama can double down and go forward to victory, as President Bush did, or he can wither under the MSM/leftwing attacks on the Afghan effort.
Time will tell how Obama does here.
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