Sunday, January 15, 2006
Big poll numbers for the American military in Afghanistan:
Afghan Poll: Big Support for US Military Presence
A new survey in Afghanistan shows overwhelming popular support for U.S. and international troops in the country and huge opposition to Islamic militants linked to the former Taleban regime.
A new public opinion survey says most Afghans have a favorable view of U.S.-led forces providing security in the country as well as the fledging democratic government of President Hamid Karzai.
Results of the poll were released Wednesday by the private and nonpartisan Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland.
Mr. Karzai has a 93 percent approval rating and 83 percent of those surveyed think their country is headed in the right direction. And five out of six Afghans view the U.S. military presence as positive...
But they're supposed to resent the occupaaaation...
Sure hope this is accurate, and continues to improve. My sister's youngest son is a police office in the Chicago area, and is deploying with his reserve unit in about 60 days. He will be training Afghan police in surveillance, prisoner transport, and also identification and disarmament of IEDs. Don't want him to have to look over his shoulder every thirty seconds.