British soldiers take part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at a base in Kandahar in Afghanistan on November 8, 2009. British politicians and military chiefs defended the war in Afghanistan as Remembrance services for generations of war dead highlighted the cost of the increasingly unpopular conflict. A new poll found further erosion in public support for the war amid mounting troop deaths, confusion over the mission and a lack of faith in its success -- sparking renewed efforts to explain why Britain must stay the course. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

British soldiers take part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at a base in Kandahar in Afghanistan on November 8, 2009. British politicians and military chiefs defended the war in Afghanistan as Remembrance services for generations of war dead highlighted the cost of the increasingly unpopular conflict. A new poll found further erosion in public support for the war amid mounting troop deaths, confusion over the mission and a lack of faith in its success -- sparking renewed efforts to explain why Britain must stay the course.

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