[dimator]

I highly doubt that. I think in most Americans' minds Afghanistan has been an abject failure for years. It has not been among the main talking points of this administration or the one before it. I believe most Americans will just be relieved it's done, and won't care what happens there next.

[Goety]

Afghanistan intervention has been popular in America. What hasn't been popular is the plan and execution of the intervention. This will continue to be the case.

To add to this administrative insult, US relationship with the collapsing Afghanistan government was ended in the most humiliating way. The collapse was not inevitable.

The US public should not stand for this.

The current mood of the US is that the public does not know what the current administration is doing domestically and abroad. Outside of a few identified 'throw money at a problem' bills the administration is not popular outside of 'at least it is not Trump'.

Vision is lacking and the US cannot legislate out of core structural problems and from this there was improper use of authority by multiple government branches. I do not think congress should have neutered presidential war authority. The US needs better stewardship by every branch and to go back to operating government like intended.

[MisterBastahrd]

Afghanistan intervention was only popular when it was about getting "revenge" for 9/11. We've wasted a generation's worth of wealth on that place.

[Goety]

I think you're a little off the mark on that one. There is widespread support against demonstrable human rights abusers, particularly with marginalization of women.

The current Taliban have a very good PR person, presenting themselves as moderate. Their actions since the February 2020 agreements have been seen, and opinions have been formed.

If I were a betting man I'd say that they would pay telecom censors top dollar to prevent a further ruffling of feathers of the US public.

[MisterBastahrd]

Sure there's widespread support. There's widespread support for a lot of things that people don't want to fund indefinitely.

It doesn't mean that there isn't also widespread support for ending indefinite funding to lost causes.

Of the two, the former is far more likely than the latter to move the needle when it is time for people to vote for political candidates.