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Most Americans oppose a troop increase in Afghanistan

The survey coincides with the meeting taking place today in Casablanca, which was attended by President Barack Obama and altosfuncionarios civil and military strategy will address the Central Asian country.

The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday chelae options for the new strategy have been reduced to four.

Although Gibbs declined to specify the content of those options, citing U.S. laprensa quetodas officials to indicate they include an increase of U.S. troops enAfganistan, in actuality 68,000 troops.

According to the press, the options might be to send 15.000soldados, 30,000, 40,000 or even higher numbers.

The theme of the troop increase has put Obama in unasituacion difficult. Because, although the general StanleyMcChrystal, commander of international forces in Afghanistan says more troops are needed, public opinion increasingly reluctant AllPages reveals.

Proof of this is the poll released today in which soloun 42 percent of participants said incrementodel support a U.S. military contingent in the area.

The survey released today was conducted between Oct. 30 and elprimero November and has a margin of error of three puntosporcentuales.

A similar query in mid-October showed queel 59 percent of Americans oppose military delcontingente increased, while the 39 percent was then afavorir.

The latest poll shows that public opinion also estadividida about whether Obama is taking too long to announce sudecision, which has not been made public despite McChrystaldijo three months ago and that failure was assured additional sinrefuerzos.

So, 49 percent of the 1,018 people who participated inthe survey said Obama is taking too long, compared to 50 percent who said no.

The poll director, Keating Holland said that it was observed a clear difference in response according to the participants generode.

Most men say that Obama is tardandodemasiado and most women are willing to give mastiempo said Holland. EFE