Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) - it was President Obama's "the necessity of the war." Now, it is America's forgotten war.
The Afghan conflict an almost a whisper for President of the United States. At the office water cooler or in congress hall, this is not a popular topic - even more than 80000 American troops in battle here, died in every speed.
Americans show more interest in economic and taxation in different, faraway land than the latest suicide bomb attack. Their political advertising on television than playing out a deadly fight against the taliban is still in the fierce war adjustment. Earlier this month, the demonstrators in the Iowa state fair chanted "stop war!" They are mentioned it is launched for the middle class.
By a vote of voters to vote, November 6 choose barack Obama and constructive republican presidential candidate mitt romney, war will be in the 12th year. To most americans, this is long enough.
Public opinion is still in a negative to the war, with 66% opposed, agree with only 27% in May, AP - GfK poll. Recently, quinnipiac university poll found that 60% of registered voters believe, the United States should no longer participate in Afghanistan. Only 31% of respondents said the United States is to do the right thing, now of the battle.
Since since the Korean war in the early 1950 s - much shorter, but more fierce battle - does not involve the United States son and daughter so rarely get caught the eye of armed conflict.
"We got tired of, said:" the Gospel of Matthew, method, who serve in the U.S. armed forces for 5 years, including 16 months of eastern Afghanistan, where he sometimes received letters, from elementary school students to brave the marines in Iraq - the wrong war.
"We all laughed, how no one really care about," he said. "All of the" support the troops "bumper sticker what is deep."
Method will, 29 years old, now I am studying at the university of Virginia, he said, the war is seldom on campus conversation topic - he is not surprised, it is not discussed in the process of the campaign.
"No one know how to get rid of the chaos, we made," he said. "Therefore, from a purely political point of view, I think I couldn't talk about it, if I am Obama and Mr Romney (Mitt Romney) or".
Ignore the Afghanistan war, although not take it away.
More than 1950 americans in Afghanistan death and thousands of people were injured, because the U.S. President George w. bush on October 7, 2001 launched the attack, after the defeat, the "base" organization train Afghan recruits, and draw the September 11, terrorist attacks killed nearly 3000 people in the United States.
Although the "base" organization has largely been out of Afghanistan and personality charm leader osama bin laden dead - in the United States air strike killed in Pakistan's hiding place last year's war procrastinated.
Strangely,, Afghanistan never seemed to rob the same degree of the public and media attention, the war in Iraq, Mr Obama opposed to "war of choice".
And Iraq is different in Afghanistan, victory seems to be coming soon. In October 2001, Kabul fall, in a short span of a few weeks, the American invasion. Hard-line the taliban were toppled and some U.S. casualties.
However, the bush administration's war in Iraq to western powers at the ground not enough resources, so in 2006, the taliban have reset into a serious military threat.
Candidate barack Obama commitment America's resources to focus on Afghanistan. But when the United States President barack Obama sent 33000 to Afghanistan in December 2009, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan years has run out of western resources and weaken the solution to establish a practical state of Afghanistan.
As time went on, his government has already tired of trying to solve Afghanistan's poverty and corruption seem thorny issue. The American people have tired of.
Although most americans are the Afghan people sympathize with the sufferings of the, they have already become deeply suspicious of President hamid karzai will, in order to solve corruption and political patronage and alliance opportunity, "what change a medieval society" in the modern world, said Ann Marlowe, in the Hudson Institute (Hudson Institute), in Washington a policy research institutions visiting scholars.
"With millions of veterans, home with their family and friends some knowledge of how difficult it is. This is surface water, said:" Marlowe, he has many times to Afghanistan.
It also shows that progress on the battlefield.
The world war ii Normandy, Vietnam Spring Festival offensive and Iraqi fallujah campaign. Afghanistan is a grinding milk in rural and remote valley to measure the success of the increment.
The war in Afghanistan is transformed into a series of small, often very malice and fierce battle, the dispersion in a state of almost the size of Texas.
In July this year, 40 U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan U.S. troops of the most so far this year a month. At least 31 was killed, this month - 7, helicopter crashed in and militants what is war the deadliest plane crash events. Killed 10 people in the attack the Afghan security forces members - whether disgruntled traitor or the taliban penetration.
A lot of people think, osama bin laden's death certificate a quick the United States out of Afghanistan. Also some people said, it is important to keep a long time to support Afghan security forces to help set up a government, therefore, it can stand on its own. A stable Afghanistan may once again as the "base" organization militants who want to hurt the U.S. and its Allies to provide shelter, they say.
"We who have been at this a long time continue to believe that it is important, and we have a chance, now the path a long-term point of view, will produce results," said James Cunningham, the new American ambassador in Afghanistan.
The u.s.-led coalition combat mission in the coming years will gradually reduce, to 2014 the end of the year, the most international forces have leave or enter the support effect.
Military analysts say, the United States assumed power after 2014 years later May 20000




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