In ending America’s longest war, President Joe Biden did something popular. It was never going to help him politically. That was true before damaging images of chaos and desperation filled American television screens last week. The reason is that public opinion about the Afghanistan conflict, as with most overseas events […] Read more »
Biden job approval falls; handling of troop removal is negative but support for withdrawal remains
Most Americans have wanted to withdraw from Afghanistan for a while, and most still do. But not like this. Public reaction to what’s happened there is decidedly negative, with Americans now fearing wider repercussions from a heightened threat of terrorism. Back home, the public weighs in with rough judgments on […] Read more »
Why Americans may ultimately not care about Biden’s Afghanistan performance
… 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As U.S. forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, most Americans – Republicans and Democrats – think the war in Afghanistan was “not worth fighting.”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 »