Poll: Few think U.S. won the war in Afghanistan

YouGov’s latest research shows that only 14% of the American public think that the United States has won the war in Afghanistan. 33% of the public believes that the war was lost, while 53% aren’t sure either way.

Despite the widespread perception that the U.S. is not departing Afghanistan victoriously, only 35% of Americans say that it was a mistake to send troops to fight in Afghanistan in the first place, while 37% say that it was not a mistake. Opinion against sending troops to Afghanistan was highest in June 2013, when 44% of the public said it was a mistake. When combat operations ended in Iraq in 2011, 51% of Americans said that it was a mistake to invade Iraq.