There are unpopular wars, and then there are really, really unpopular wars. The Afghan war falls overwhelmingly into the latter category. According to a CNN/ORC International survey released this week, 90 per cent of Americans supported the war in early 2002, now 82 per cent oppose it.
This dramatic change in opinion is not confined to the U.S. Over 70 per cent of Brits supported the war in 2002