There’s no clean, clear line connecting them, but the horrific shooting at Fort Hood and the Washington debate over sending more troops to Afghanistan are mixed up in the same soup of anxiety that the country’s feeling right now about war, sacrifice and terrorism. My colleague Jeb Sharp got into this with her radio story yesterday.
Today, the Pew Research Center reports it has found that US support for the way Obama is handling the war is slipping:
Currently, only 36% of Americans say they approve of how Obama is handling the situation in Afghanistan, compared with 49% who disapprove. In July, more people approved (47%) than disapproved (33%) of his handling of the issue.
The critics who say Obama is “dithering” seem to be winning the political argument for now.
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