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I agree about Afghanistan, but both wars? There was a ton of opposition to Iraq. Not enough, but a lot.

• mindslight 8y ago
  Of course there was a bunch of opposition. But IMHO it was contained to people who were willing to be "political", and then only in our social enclaves. The "average person" was somewhere between tacit acceptance and virtue signaling by putting "support the troops" stickers on their car - a great example of dog whistle politics. Of course [0], promulgating that feeling of the "average person" is precisely one of the ways propaganda works. [0] in retrospect for me personally.