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Regardless of the public impression of progress or chance for ultimate success in Afghanistan, I dare say over 90% of the American public is (and has been) in favor of our intervention in that sorry country. It was accurately fingered as the immediate source of the al Qaeda infection that spawned the 9/11 attacks. I don't recall any significant resistance to THAT operation, except among true pacifists.
In fact, if you're honest, you KNOW that most informed observers bemoaned the fact that the Iraq distraction was criticized strongly for siphoning needed troops and resources to an unneeded war of choice in Iraq.
Your brother-in-law in Afghanistan ought to be upset at Dubya and his misguided policies in Iraq even more than the rest of us -- HE and THOSE POLICIES are a much greater threat to him and his fellow soldiers than Democrats and other Iraq war opponents.
Can you point to even ONE Democratic leader who has indicated he/she favors pulling out, or even winding down, operations in Afghanistan?
