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US soldiers keep watch at the entrance of a military base near Alkozai village following the shooting of Afghan civilians allegedly committed by a rogue US soldier in Panjwayi district, Kandahar province on March 11, 2012.
Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012

Open quoteThe overall image of this war is of U.S. troops mired in quicksand and getting blown up and arbitrarily waiting until 2014 to come home.Close quote

  • MICHAEL E. O'HANLON,
  • military expert, on public perception of U.S. involvement in the Afghan war; a New York Times/CBS News poll found 69% of Americans surveyed felt the U.S. should stop fighting, up 16% from four months ago
Photo: JANGIR / AFP / Getty Images | Source: New York Times