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Interesting to note that it’s the Republican numbers slipping that are causing the overall all-time low support for the war in Afghanistan. Democrats’ support for the war is at 23%. Why is the Democrat who got elected as president not following his base, but instead obeying the wishes of Republicans who support this war at 62%?

If McCain had been elected, it would have been fair for him to say that he is in Afghanistan, because that’s what his base wants. What’s Obama’s excuse?

That still wouldn’t make our presence in Afghanistan legal, but McCain could at least claim that he’s following democratic principles for deciding whether or not to stay in Afghanistan.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Tuesday morning indicates that 39 percent of Americans favor the war in Afghanistan, with 58 percent opposed to the mission.

Support is down from 53 percent in April, marking the lowest level since the start of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan soon after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The poll suggests that 23 percent of Democrats support the war. That number rises to 39 percent for independents and 62 percent for Republicans.

“Most of the recent erosion in support has come from within the GOP,” said Keating Holland, CNN’s polling director. “Unlike Democrats and independents, Republicans still favor the war, but their support has slipped eight points in just two weeks.”

Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low – CNN.com.

A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Majority in Post-ABC Poll Say Afghan War Not Worth Fighting, Washington Post, 8/19/09

As Glenn Greenwald points out (and as these last two entries show), that’s the 2nd straight poll that shows Americans want our military out of Afghanistan.

Why are we there? If you use the word “necessity” anywhere in your answer a piano will fall from the heavens and crush you where you stand.

I also heard a caller on a radio show the other day state that “Afghanistan attacked us.” No, Afghanistan did not attack us. Supposedly a group within Afghanistan, comparable to the goofy militias in this country, somehow cobbled together a plan to hijack airplanes and crash them into buildings. Afghanistan the country did not attack us. So, don’t bother with that answer either.

And, you still didn’t answer my other question. If we stay in Afghanistan does that mean we don’t live in a democracy? How about if we don’t put single-payer health care into law or at least include a public option in health care reform even though they are favored by the majority of the population?

If we live in a Democracy, what are we doing with our military in Afghanistan? 54% of the US population doesn’t want our military there.