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Originally posted by CamB
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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Cam..Your facts are good, but your rationale is slightly off. Of course, you are not here to observe personally, are you? the war was not supported initially because it was thought that Iraq had a mighty army with WMD it would not hesitate to use on our troops and other adjoining countries. It was predicted we would lose 10's of thousands of troops or more in the first few days. After it became clear that we would take the country in days with few casualties...the support was there. Now that many are convinced that it is "another Vietnam,'..many US citizens resolve has weakened and the terrorist's resolve has strengthened.
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