This was before the Iraq war. 9/11 spawned a war in Afghanistan. Sentiment towards the war was extremely positive. So positive that military recruitment was up.

This was before the Iraq war. 9/11 spawned a war in Afghanistan. Sentiment towards the war was extremely positive. So positive that military recruitment was up. Not one university protested military action. It was promoted. You don't understand the sentiment and the attitude of a population once a massive foreign attack happens on home soil. It started a war and changed airport policy forever. The Chinese response is equivalent to the American response in terms of scale. I would argue that the American response had much more negative repercussions and unlike the Chinese response... Failed to do anything about terrorism.