英国殖民者出于与沙俄争夺对中亚控制权的战略需要，企图将阿富汗纳入自己的势力范围，而于1839年—1919年间，对阿富汗进行的侵略战争。最终以阿富汗胜利而告终。
公众对这场战争的支持每况愈下：2007年6月，接受调查的民众有42%表示英国应该尽快撤离阿富汗；而到2010年2月，持这种观点的民众上升到63%。
Public support for the war has been falling steadily: in June 2007, 42% of those surveyed thought Britain should leave Afghanistan as soon as possible; by February 2010 that had risen to 63%.
英国勉强从伊拉克战争中抽身，又纠结于阿富汗战争的资金与生命代价，这令其重新评估自己在世界上的地位。
As it limps away from the war in Iraq and struggles with the cost, in money and lives, of another in Afghanistan, Britain is re-evaluating its place in the world.
今天则不同，美英国内的公众意见和全民选举周期对阿富汗战争的指挥施加了压倒性的影响。
Today, on the other hand, in the U.S. and Britain public opinion and the electoral cycle exercise an overwhelming influence over the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.
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