Abstract
The British political and military elites have failed to win the support of domestic public opinion for the counterinsurgency operations both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Persistent pluralities and majorities in domestic public opinion opposed the wars and supported British withdrawal. The efforts of the politicians and military to turn this around have failed. Under the pressure of public opinion, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama have set 2014 as the date for the withdrawal of British and US combat troops from Afghanistan. The British and US military, by contrast, have argued that they are now winning and NATO supported by domestic public opinion needs to commit to the ‘long war’ in order to defeat the Taliban. This conflict over the conduct to the war has produced severe strains in civil-military relations.
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