• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    the Iraq war was MASSIVELY unpopular everywhere but in America

    It was unpopular in America, too.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        Biggest anti-war protests in US history happened in 2003, and they dragged on well into 2012.

        People we're crying "It's Vietnam all over again" on day one, and they were right.

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          3 years ago

          "Most unpopular" as in maybe 30-40% of the population was against it at the time.

          :amerikkka-clap:

          • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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            3 years ago

            At it's popular peak.

            The war barely crested 50% before the invasion and sank. A year in...

            The period from November 2003 to October 2004 the public opinion on the war varied noticeably. Public support went "from a high of more than 55% in mid-December immediately after the capture of Saddam Hussein, to a low of 39% in mid to late June just before the U.S. transferred power to the newly formed Iraqi government."

            None of this shit mattered, because politicians don't respond to public sentiment, they simply move to deflect attention or blame.

            But without a continuously hammered media war drum, pro-war sentiment tanks out quickly.

            • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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              3 years ago

              Ehh, even in 1992 there was a majority of Americans who favored going back and removing Saddam.

              The nadir of support for the war was still almost 40%, and after the media machine stopped prioritizing the war, it was about half and half for a few years. Even during the Obama admin, Dem support for the war reached a majority.

              https://www.pewresearch.org/2008/03/19/public-attitudes-toward-the-war-in-iraq-20032008/

              Americans love their war. That's the primary reason why Biden is so unpopular now.

            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              Also, like, I'm in a country that literally did not participate in the war despite being Canada, so yeah, it was more popular in America where they sent an army