Support in the United States for the war in Afghanistan has dipped to an all-time low.

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Though some have raised eyebrows at this, most have gone on thinking that the United States is at war in Afghanistan, at war with al Qaeda and at peace with Pakistan.

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Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, was not on the ballot, but the poll was widely seen as a referendum on his eight-year rule - including his alliance with the United States in the war on terrorist groups based in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.

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We've heard a lot over the last day or so about how the United States is taking the long view in the war in Afghanistan and the need to stay focused on defeating al Qaeda.

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He is concerned with the usual libertarian matters: ending the war in Afghanistan, taxation and the United States public debt and a balanced budget, which he thinks he can get with a 43 percent reduction of all federal government spending.

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Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, says the United States cannot provide the war-torn nation with an "endless surge" of combat forces.

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David Petreaus took over ISAF command, he had overseen the war in Afghanistan from his perch as chief of Central Command in the United States.

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