There were massive protests, especially in NYC (i was there). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest

There were massive protests, especially in NYC (i was there). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War They didn't listen and the media aided and abetted their lies (looking at you NYT and Judith Miller). So many people knew it was bullshit and that was an acceleration of the disempowering turn the US took that's led us to where we are today (rising fascist populism, attacks on marginalized groups, govt shutdown due to a radical minority). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller They knew they were lying. We knew they were lying. The media knew they were lying. And yet it all happened anyways. Nobody has ever really dug into Cheney's role in it all, but it's probably Nixonian in scope and undermining the meaning of the American image of itself.