updated 8:26 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2009
A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan(阿富汗) as not worth fighting and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll(由华盛顿邮报和美国广播公司新闻部联合发起的民意调查).
Most have confidence in the ability of the United States to meet its primary goals — defeating the Taliban(塔利班), facilitating(使...便利) effective economic development and molding(塑造，铸造) an honest and effective Afghan government — but very few say Thursday's elections there are likely to produce such a government.
When it comes to the baseline(底线，基础) question, 42 percent of Americans say the U.S. is winning in Afghanistan; about as many, 36 percent, say it is losing the fight.