Or did 80% of the US support the war in Afghanistan? Another misconception that needs to be clarified...
2006-09-27 04:37:53 · 12 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ahhhhhh Barter, just the suspect I was looking for. And as I expected, you don't read details.
2006-09-27 05:04:19 · update #1
The way I remember it is about a third were against any action in Iraq, a third were in favor as long as it was with the UN and a third were in favor of us going in unilaterally.
I don't recall the numbers for Afghanistan.
2006-09-27 04:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
The administration's rhetoric associated the Iraq government with the 9/11 attacks to marginalize their political opponents. The Republican rhetoric associated Resistance to attack Iraq with alliance to Al-Quaida.
I'm not excusing the Democrats in congress, but they supported the war knowing they were the minority party. The resolution to invade Iraq would have passed with no Democrat supporting it. It would have only hurt them politically.
Political pressures make support of the resolution to go to war seem much more popular than it was.
2006-09-27 11:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are the statistics only if you ask someone in the Bush administartion. If you ask the people...The only war we actually wanted was afghanistan in retalliation for 9/11. And I think more than 80% supported that.
2006-09-27 11:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ronijn 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the people believed in the government and news reports that Saddam had wmd's and we needed to invade .That they managed to link Saddam somehow in the minds of the people as a conspirator in 9-11 is beyond me but the link was established in our minds .
I think what we wanted was bin ladens head on a stick and Bush wanted the oil fields .
Several years latter we have nothing to show for it but death destruction and murder and blood all over Bushes hands
2006-09-27 11:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by playtoofast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe in the begin but not this long so my answer would have to be that bush lied to get us there and he let it happen. so no 80%do no support the war in iraq
2006-09-27 11:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The numbers were over 80% back then!
2006-09-27 11:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by jamie s 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Afghanistan-yes
Iraq-no
It is astonishing to me that the rewriting of history has happened before our very eyes. I knew they were trying to do this before Congress approved going into Iraq, and damned if they haven't been largely successful!
2006-09-27 11:42:27 · answer #7 · answered by finaldx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think the number was over 90%.
2006-09-27 11:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by Cold Hard Fact 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope....What i heard from news....its about 55% ..who are supporting Iraq war.
2006-09-27 11:43:35 · answer #9 · answered by gjh 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it did. Then about 40% of them took their coward pills...
2006-09-27 11:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by barter256 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋