Well, everyone was behind Afghanistan because the cause was solid and definitely linked to 9/11. Bush said, "give up Bin Laden and his people or you are going out of business next week".
I was behind Bush 100% at that time, (as was the country and the civilised world), heck I was even willing to forgive some shortcomings from the past on Bush in the name of national unity. Iraq is a completely different story in the eyes of (most) of the world. Everyone knows that Saddam was a POS, but also no longer an imminent/grave/serious/etc. danger to the U.S. Everyone also knows that Saddam is blamed by many for costing George I the election in '92, plus he tried to have him assasinated at one time. Not a real popular guy around the Bush family and friends, and rightly so, but some actually trusted that George II could put personal vendettas aside and be professional when trusted with being the most powerful leader in the world in command of the most powerful military in the world. (Which you of course proudly serve in, Leland).
Instead, he made invading Iraq the #1 priority of his administration from day 1, aprapo of nothing, and tried to connect it to 9/11 to sell it to the public. He's a POS in my book. Hopefully he will be out of office and sitting on Halliburton or Bechtel's board by this time next year.
