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A survey from The Washington Post, ABC News, and the polling firm Ipsos published this Friday reveals that 61% of Americans believe President Donald Trump's military action against Iran was a mistake, marking 60 days since the conflict began.
The survey, conducted from April 24 to 28 with 2,560 adults and a margin of error of ± 2 percentage points, places opposition to the war at levels comparable to those recorded during the Vietnam War in 1971 and the Iraq War in 2006, conflicts that resulted in tens of thousands of American casualties.
In those cases, 61% rejected Vietnam when over 50,000 soldiers had died, and 59% rejected Iraq when the casualties exceeded 2,400.
The war with Iran has claimed the lives of 13 American soldiers and left more than 380 wounded, but it generates a similar level of opposition.
The divisions are markedly partisan; 79% of Republicans support the military decision, while 91% of Democrats and 71% of independents consider it a mistake.
65% of respondents do not trust that a potential agreement to end the war will prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Americans are also divided on the next steps: 48% favor a peace agreement even if it is less favorable for the U.S., while 46% prefer to push for a better deal, even if it means resuming military operations.
The rejection of the war occurs in a context of significant economic impact. The average price of a gallon of gasoline reached $4.30 this Friday, the highest in four years, driven by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that Iran imposed in March.
The war has cost at least 25 billion dollars to the U.S. treasury, stated Deputy Secretary Jules Hurst before the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Additionally, inflation grew fueled by the conflict, with the PCE index rising to 3.5% year-on-year in March, the highest level in almost three years.
The Secretary of War Pete Hegseth admitted before the Senate that rebuilding the military arsenal could take months or years, after exhausting nearly 50% of the Patriot interceptors and 30% of the Tomahawk missiles in seven weeks of operations.
Trump, for his part, defended the military results this Wednesday from the Oval Office. "We are not going to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. We have destroyed their navy, their air force, their entire air defense system, everything they had."
This Friday also marks the end of the 60-day period established by the War Powers Resolution of 1973, although the government maintains that it does not require legislative approval to continue the conflict, amid negotiations for a permanent agreement that Trump indefinitely extended on April 21 at Pakistan's request.
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