Losing confidence in Afghanistan

Published August 18, 2009 4:00am ET



Something of a signal moment with the release of a new Washington Post/ABC News poll that shows for the first time more than half of Americans think that the Afghan war is not worth fighting.

The survey says that 51 percent of Americans think the war has not been worth fighting compared to 47 percent who do. Just a month ago, 51 percent supported the war and 45 percent opposed it .

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