I suspect protesting the war was all the rage within your peer group/bubble as it was in mine (a rather well-to-do high school), but nationally the war was quit

I suspect protesting the war was all the rage within your peer group/bubble as it was in mine (a rather well-to-do high school), but nationally the war was quite popular and I heard many a time from supporters how "Bush kept us safe". He also went on to be the only Republican to win the popular vote (2004) since his father won it in 1988, largely attributed to the positive response to 9/11 and the wars. Of course, that all faded pretty quickly.