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Originally posted by fintstone
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Most of the US found it perfectly acceptable to spank saddam until Kerry and Kennedy set about convincing them we were losing and it was another Vietnam.
That's not correct - two or three months before the war the support for it was under 50% in the US. Only as it became apparent that it was going to happen did the support swing in favour of it (somewhat marginally - 65-70% from memory), and I personally put that down largely to supporting the troops and jingoism.

Just remember, we liberals have the victim mentality so you have to find another reason rather than blaming Kerry.
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