It was up and down but that's not even peak support, if you look at polls for about a year after 9/11, when Americans were peak bloodthirsty, it was over 70% support.
This one is mostly about Afghanistan (90% support for "military action" btw!) but asks about other countries that "the government believes are harboring terrorists" which polls at 78% support.
It was up and down but that's not even peak support, if you look at polls for about a year after 9/11, when Americans were peak bloodthirsty, it was over 70% support.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/4966/public-overwhelmingly-backs-bush-attacks-afghanistan.aspx
This one is mostly about Afghanistan (90% support for "military action" btw!) but asks about other countries that "the government believes are harboring terrorists" which polls at 78% support.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2002/01/22/americans-favor-force-in-iraq-somalia-sudan-and/
This one is a few months later and specifically asks about Iraq, 73% in support of war.