Did anyone "protest" the US and allied invasion of Afghanistan? Or did the nation and world rally behind Bush?

Question

Jeff M (below) actually the 1st was more subjective and speculative. This is more statistical and matter-of-fact.

Answer 1

Great Question, Chi. And it really adds credibility to the worlds response to the Iraq invasion. The invasion of Afghanistan was supported. The Invasion of Iraq was not, is not... and will never be. And many Americans understand why.

Answer 2

If anyone did protest the invasion of Afghanistan they were few and far between. It is people hiding in that country and a government at that time that supported those who attacked us on 9/11. Those are the real culprits and the ones we should have concentrated on. As it now stands we went to war against a country that was NO threat to us at all, where there were no terrorists or terrorist camps and no WMD. Meanwhile the little effort we put into Afghanistan/Pakistan has Al Qaeda stronger than ever, the Taliban is still around and regaining strength, Iraq is a shambles, the Middle East is more unstable than ever. People are more likely to rally when the cause is just and honorable. The going after the ones in Afghanistan is just and honorable going after Iraq is neither.

Answer 3

If I recall correctly The War started because the Taliban were blowing up Buddhist Antiquities.

The UN issued a World Heritage proclamation in Aug. 2001 and We were all outraged at the Taliban.

Then after 911 Congress declared anyone that would blow up Buddha must have also been involved in blowing up the WTC

Next the UN and US went in to overthrow the anti Buddha Taliban and set up the Democratic Karzi Government

Never in the UN proscess was Osama part of the motivation for preserving Buddhist Antiquities.

Answer 4

There was pretty much unanimous world-wide support for the US after 9/11, I can remember thinking that the USA is free to do whatever it likes now, It's too bad that the opportunity wasn't taken to go after Al-Queada, the invasion of Afghanistan was delayed, and so well publicized that Osama has plenty of time to escape. There can be no other conclusion other than that Bush didn't want to catch him.

If Bush had wanted to, Bin Laden would have been caught, his Supporters in Afghanistan would have been mostly destroyed, and the USA would be safer.

But instead, Bin Laden was ignored, a corrupt puppet regime was installed in Afghanistan which controls little beyond Kabul, and the Taliban largely wait till the occupiers go home, as the Russians did, then they can re-establish their rule.

Answer 5

I was playing an outdoor gig on the day of the invasion of Afghanistan. While the sound guys set up the gear, we saw the invasion starting on the TV in the bar next to the outdoor venue. As a liberal, I cheered. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

I could see Iraq coming moths in advance. I do not support it.

Answer 6

They rallied behind him because it was the right thing to do.

I can't believe how naive people like Marshall are above me. People are not upset that troops were sent to fight. They are upset because they were lied to by there government to get said troops into a place they should never have went. They are upset because our president no longer thinks about Bin Laden. They are upset because our government has horribly mismanaged the war in Iraq.
Finally most people are upset because they see Iraq for what it really was a oil grab and a power play for military bases in an area we don't need to be.

Answer 7

I recall the world and most Americans rallying behind us for invading Afghanistan to rid them of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in an attempt to bring bin Laden to justice.

Answer 8

Most people (including Americans) supported the effort because they (Taliban) attacked us first. Bush's approval rating was at an all time high (90 percent +) after we went to war with Afghanistan.

Answer 9

We did invade then withdrew. Now we invaded and are occupying. a million. Saddam grow to be purely complete for crimes against humanity... those style of crimes have been committed interior the 80s or past. confident, on an identical time as he grow to be on the U. S. payroll and grow to be supported in his attack on Iran. 2. Gulf conflict 1989 - Saddam invades Kuwait and we bypass in and run him out.... precise. He additionally had WMDs on the time. confident, we knew concerning to the WMD's with the aid of fact we nevertheless had the receipts for them. He gave up his WMD's whilst the inspectors went in and grow to be in no way deceptive approximately them interior the least. He cooperated totally with UN inspection communities. The Kuwait element grow to be completely to guard Saudi oil. 3. Now he's complete and Iraq is occupied for those crimes and violations... Why did no longer we do it then? that's all tutor! we don't care approximately that petty crime he grow to be complete for interior the least. This grow to be a PR stunt undeniable and easy, a dumb one that backfired thoroughly... We did no longer do it then for the comparable reason we did no longer do it to people like Trujillo interior the Dominican Republic, Somoza in Nicaragua, Marcos interior the Philippines, Duvalier in Haiti, the Saudi royal kinfolk and distinctive different brutal killers we help or have supported.

Answer 10

um...not that reality was ever really your "thing," but there were protests almost immediately in all the usual places...I drove through several of them in San Francisco...

If you recall, a certain awards show was scheduled to take place the night the invasion started....the celebrity host riled a few conservatives when her only statement was how bad she felt for the Afghans.

The same overseas parties that were most vociferous against the Iraqi invasion were almost immediately against our presence in Afghanistan....One of my business associates was in Egypt and he said that anti-American sentiment in the press was widespread. Taliban recruitment centers in Syria had lines going out the door if I recall...

Now Russia and France weren't thrilled with the idea, but they remained fairly quiet....of course neither party had billions of dollars in investments in Afghanistan like they both did in Iraq.

So, in short, my answer is "Yes" to part one and "No" to part two...

Too many people want to believe that their view matches that of the mythical enlightened world majority....It's ok that y'all changed your mind....just be content to stand on your own and don't worry about re-writing the past...