“Marking a significant shift in public opinion after more than 12 years of war, Americans are as likely to say sending troops to Afghanistan was a mistake as they are to say it was not, a Gallup survey found Wednesday.

Public opinion is split — 49 percent think the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Afghanistan in 2001, while 48 percent do not. When the question was first asked in November 2001, 9 percent thought it was a mistake, while 89 percent did not.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/afghanistan-war-mistake_n_4814716.html

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses the poll of Americans’ opinion on the Afghanistan War, and how President Obama feels about the war. Do you think the war in Afghanistan was a mistake from the beginning? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.