… Americans have given their initial reaction to how Biden handled the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, and it seems to be negative. Whether or not it remains that way is yet to be seen. The events of the last week demonstrate that how Americans see a politician’s leadership still […] Read more »
Biden’s bad week
… Biden has hit choppy waters. Our polling puts him at the lowest point of his administration. Look at the data. Why? A little bit of this, a little bit of that. But mostly, COVID and Afghanistan. … Yes, the sudden collapse of the Afghan government is a disaster. But […] Read more »
More Than Ever, We Should Be Grateful for Those Who Served in Afghanistan
If there was a time that the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan could have been declared a success, it would have been at least ten years, perhaps even 15 years, ago, when we had crippled the country’s ability to host and train terrorists. Since then, the mission was cloudy, and victory […] Read more »
Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting
As U.S. forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, most Americans – Republicans and Democrats – think the war in Afghanistan was “not worth fighting.” The AP-NORC survey was conducted August 12 through 16, as Taliban forces quickly swept through the countryside and cities of Afghanistan. The Afghan […] Read more »
Support for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — and for Biden’s foreign policy — tumbles as Taliban takes control
Amid the swift and sudden collapse of Afghanistan this week — and widespread coverage of the chaos that has engulfed the war-weary country as the Taliban seized control again — support for both the long-planned withdrawal of U.S. forces and for President Biden’s handling of foreign policy has declined significantly, […] Read more »
Taliban Takeover Likely No Surprise to Afghans
Gallup has been surveying Afghans about their lives every year since 2008, with the exception of 2020, when we could not safely conduct in-person polls because of the pandemic. However, even though we did not interview them last year, what Afghans have been telling us over the years provides insight […] Read more »