Polls on Afghanistan

A Gallup poll taken just after Obama's escalation speech revealed that 51% of Americans approve the escalation with withdrawal, whereas 40% oppose the strategy.

In October 2009, an Associated Press-GfK poll showed that public support for the war was at 40%, down from 44% in July.

Earlier in September, a CNN poll had found that support for the war among Americans was at 39% vs. 58% who opposed it.

And in August, 45% favored decreasing US troop levels in Afghanistan, as opposed to 24% who wanted an increase.

In July, 55% of Americans supported the war, whereas 53% of Britons and 52% of Canadians opposed it. In the Netherlands, 74% wanted their all or most of their troops withdrawn. Italians and Australians were also uneasy about the war.