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Afghan war-opposition growing: Poll

by Mark Silva

At a time when U.S. and NATO military leaders are calling for a new strategy for the nearly eight-year-old American war in Afghanistan, a newly released poll shows growing public opposition to the war launched after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The share of people saying they oppose the war in Afghanistan has grown to 57 percent in the newest CNN/Opinion Research survey results released todayfrom a poll taken Aug. 28-31. That's up from 46 percent in an early April survey.

While support for the war has fallen to 42 percentfrom 53 in Aprila majority of those surveyed still call the conflict winnable for the U.S.

While 62 percent say the U.S. is not winning the war in Afghanistanvirtually consistent with the view held in December 200859 percent of those surveyed over the weekend say the U.S. can win.

The Obama White House, too, maintains that it is winnable.

Asked how it defines "winnable,'' Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said this week: "I think the president and his advisors have talked about disrupting, dismantling, and destroying al Qaeda and its extremist allies. We have to ensure that... while there are those currently plotting to do our country harm, that we don't provide them a safe haven to do that, that we have a government in Afghanistan that is self-sufficient, that we have a security force in that country that's able to deal with the challenges that are presented to it. ''

He added this, too: "Our commitment can't be forever.''

The president expects to see the newest recommendation of the commander of U.S. forces there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, as the president heads to Camp David on Wednesday for a rest carrying him into the Labor Day weekend.

The general's report seeking a new strategy for the war arrives on the heels of the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan:

"51 U.S. soldiers lost their lives in the little-noticed fighting'' in August, our colleagues at Top of the Ticket note today. "That's six more than perished in July, the previous worst month. Or one American soldier's death every 14 hours or so.In the first eight months of this year, 182 U.S. personnel have died there, compared with 155 during all of 2008.

The administration lost columnist George Will today, too.

The CNN/Opinion Research survey of 1,010 adults carries a possible margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.