From ABC:
A record 49 percent of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan, up 8 points since January. And those who disapprove “strongly” outnumber strong approvers by nearly a 2-1 margin.
With Obama holding his monthly national security meeting on Afghanistan today, the results show a significant drop in the president’s approval rating on handling the issue, down 12 points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll from a year ago.
The change follows an ABC/Post poll last month in which a new low, 31 percent, said the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting. Sixty-four percent said it is not worth fighting, with 49 percent feeling that way “strongly,” both record highs in ABC/Post polls…
Public support atrophies for the Afghan campaign based partially upon the length and cost of the effort, but also on the growing assumption that the Afghan people are not worth fighting for.
The flaw in foreign and military Obamunism is the clear lack of conviction on the part of Obama for such efforts. It just doesn’t seem to matter to him if we win or lose. As long as Afghanistan (and Libya, for that matter) don’t promise to be a 2012 head ache, Obama is willing to just let matters drift. But drift in the executive is deadly – people are dying and there is not only no end in sight, but there doesn’t seem to be even so much as a desire to make an end. Obama won’t fight full tilt, nor will be engage in absolute surrender. We’re drifting – and the people are perceiving this and wondering why the blood of our best and bravest should be shed for such half-efforts?
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