Americans Turning Sour on Afghanistan

Americans Turning Sour on Afghanistan

With a long road ahead before Afghanistan’s first presidential election is decided, a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed a majority of Americans have no faith in the ability of U.S. troops to keep the peace in the country.

Many critics see this lack of confidence as a public relations failure, though there is heated disagreement over whether the public relations failure is indicative of an underlying policy failure as well.

“The president and others in his administration need to spend some political capital for a war that they have said is vital to win,” said Cliff May, President of...