Iraq dominated the headlines throughout the fall of 2002 and into the winter of 2003. Public opinion on the wisdom of war, however, stabilized relatively early and slightly in favor of war. Gallup found that from August 2002 through early March 2003 the share of Americans favoring war hovered in a relatively narrow range between a low of 52 percent and a high of 59 percent. By contrast, the share of the public opposed to war fluctuated between 35 percent and 43 percent.

Looks like Americans are even more happy with murdering people if its done by a puppet.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/rally-round-the-flag-opinion-in-the-united-states-before-and-after-the-iraq-war/

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    Americans don’t believe in anything, half of them can barely read, if you asked them whether Israel was justified in butchering 800 children the poll would most likely flip with 70% saying no, if you asked whether Israel has a “right to self-defense” without any qualification, probably 90% would say yes

    If you asked them if Israel has the right to genocide the Palestinians, 50% would say “not sure” and 50% would say no, but 40% would vote yes if it was a closed ballot referendum item

    Americans are incoherent lotus eaters who think the height of political intellectualism is enlightened centrism with “remote drone bombing” characteristics