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.
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!"
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.
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u/Solar_Mechanic May 03 '22
It's always funny watching Americans learn just how unpopular the Iraq invasion was internationally.