Gary Johnson: I Would Get Out of Afghanistan Tomorrow

Earlier this week, I wrote a piece suggesting that Americans who want to end the war in Afghanistan ought to consider supporting former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson in the GOP primary, as a means of raising the profile and impact of Republican sentiment against the war. I noted while according to the Washington Post, 56% of Republican voters want to see a substantial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan this summer - half of Republicans don't think the war's worth fighting - you can count on your fingers the Republicans in the House who have supported any initiative to press against indefinite continuation of the war, and so far not a single Republican in the Senate has done anything against the war. I suggested that if Republicans critical of the war rise in the primary, that could move the debate in Washington and end the war sooner, because the so far near-monolithic support of the war by Republican officials has been a key political cause of the continuation of the war.

On Wednesday, the Washington Post noted that polling data suggests that Republican candidates who oppose the war could rise in the GOP primary:

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