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CNN / Opinion Research Corporation
12/16-20/09; 1,160 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(CNN release)

National

Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan?
43% Favor, 55% Oppose

Ifopposed: Which of the following statements comes closer to your view: You currently oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan because you opposed the initial decision in 2001 to go to war in that country, or you favored the initial decision in 2001 to go to war in Afghanistan but events since then have made you change your mind?
43% Favor (from previous question)
31% Opposed initial decision in 2001
23% Oppose now but favored in 2001

Regardless of how you feel about the war in general, do you favor or oppose President Obama's
plan to send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the situation there?
59% Favor, 39% Oppose

If opposed: Do you think the U.S. should keep the same number of troops in Afghanistan as it currently has, or do you think the U.S. should reduce the number of troops in that country but keep some there, or do you think the U.S. should immediately withdraw all troops from Afghanistan?
59% Favor (from previous question)
5% Keep the same number of troops
10% Reduce the number of troops
23% Withdraw all troops

Who do you think is currently winning the war in Afghanistan -- the U.S. and its allies, the insurgents in Afghanistan, or neither side?
18% U.S. and its allies
14% Insurgents
67% Neither side