Poll: Americans give low scores to the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, saying that the US troops should wait until the evacuation is over

Original title: Poll: Americans give low marks to the withdrawal of Afghan troops, saying that the U.S. troops should wait until the evacuation ends. Source: Chinanews.com

China News Service, August 31. According to a Reuters report, the Reuters/Ipsos poll published on August 30 showed that less than 40% of Americans agreed with the way that US President Biden handled the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. 75% of the people hope that the U.S. military will remain in Afghanistan until all U.S. citizens leave the country.

According to reports, on the 30th local time, the US Department of Defense announced that the United States had completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. The national survey conducted from August 27 to 30 found that 51% of respondents disagreed with Biden’s withdrawal method, and 38% agreed.

According to the report, the survey was conducted on the eve of the last U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. 49% of the respondents said that the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan “until all U.S. citizens and Afghan allies have completed the evacuation”; 25% of the respondents said , The U.S. military should remain in Afghanistan until all U.S. citizens can leave the country.

Only 13% of the interviewees said that the U.S. military should “leave immediately.”

In addition, the poll found that 20% of respondents said that Biden should bear the greatest responsibility for the “status quo” of the war in Afghanistan.

10% of the interviewees blamed the former President Bush Jr. who announced the war in Afghanistan 20 years ago; 9% pointed to former President Trump, who negotiated the rapid withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan last year.

Another 30% of respondents attributed the responsibility to a series of other roles in the region, including the Taliban, the Afghan military, US military leaders, and extremist organizations.

The Reuters/Ipsos nationwide online poll received responses from 1,003 adults, including 465 Democrats and 354 Republicans. The confidence interval of the survey results is 4 percentage points.