They cheered for Afghanistan but weren't happy about Iraq. Sort of. I remember the backlash against the French when they refused to join the coalition. They seemed to change their opinion every week based on what outrage the media fed them.
A lot of Americans believed the FBI. The FBI, the trusted organization that would never lie, approved of the invasion as absolutely necessary. Because Iraq was going to give WMD to Al-Qaeda, despite Saddam utterly hating Islamists and Al-Qaeda utterly hating nationalists like Saddam.
They cheered for Afghanistan but weren't happy about Iraq. Sort of. I remember the backlash against the French when they refused to join the coalition. They seemed to change their opinion every week based on what outrage the media fed them.
A lot of Americans believed the FBI. The FBI, the trusted organization that would never lie, approved of the invasion as absolutely necessary. Because Iraq was going to give WMD to Al-Qaeda, despite Saddam utterly hating Islamists and Al-Qaeda utterly hating nationalists like Saddam.
Here's Robert Mueller lying us into the Iraq War. Video evidence of him lying to Congress.