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with contributions from Stephen Scott, Elizabeth Lesser, Daniel Rechtschaffen, Marc Gunther, Colleen Long

How Might The US lose the war in Afghanistan? By losing public trust in the "war" on anthrax.

Support for the foreign war remains robust, atleast during the first few weeks of the bombing and before US troops go cave hunting for Osama bin Laden.

But rising doubts about the government's ability to end bioterror at home have the potential to crode support for the foreign war—a war that US officials say might go on for years with messy mistakes. Only 18 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence that the government could protect them from terrorism, according to a recent New York Times poll.

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