Protestors In US Mark Eighth Anniversary Of War In Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 6: Anti-war demonstrators call for a troop pullout in Afghanistan as they rally near the Federal Building eight years after the start of the war on October 7, 2009 in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. President Barack Obama and his national security team met in another strategy session today to determine how to proceed as the combat situation in Afghanistan worsens. Nearly 800 American lives have been lost in the war. Pollsters report that public support for the war has dropped to 40 percent, down from 44 percent in July. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)