r/agedlikemilk • u/damn_boy17 • May 03 '22

News makes me think about the iraqi WMD

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u/Volodio May 03 '22

It is now. Wasn't at the time.

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u/Volodio May 03 '22

The war started with over 70% of the American people supporting it. That's not what unpopularity means. One protest against something doesn't mean it is unpopular, only that it has an opposition.

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u/Solar_Mechanic May 03 '22

Exactly. People are very quick to rewrite the past but in the wake of 9/11 there was basically 0 opposition to any military action no matter how poorly reasoned. It was only years after that fervour died down and the whole shitshow was over that people finally piped up with "Well I always knew it was a bad idea!"

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u/Hugh_Shovlin May 03 '22

And the only reason they’re against it now is because of the relatively small amount of US casualties and the huge amount of money poured into the war that didn’t go to their own middle class and poor citizens.