Well. When it came out that same war was started with lies, people have a big problem with soldiers dying in that same region for a conflict instigated by the sitting president.

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- No one said they were men - There was an AUMF that congress had passed. People had reservations about the Iraq war but went along in vengeful mood after 9/11, lies about WMD. Not that their approval was needed. Information traveled slower and so did organizing and political blowback. By the time all those deaths were happening we were deep into the shit in Iraq and the idea was we couldn't just leave the country a mess - As with Iraq eventually I think people'a main question is why are our

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After how many of our troops died over Bush’s false claims of Iraq having WMDs, I feel like the antiwar sentiment has built up. People are also disgusted with how many civilians we killed overseas

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We had a reason to have boots on the ground back then. This is trumps own fault and his war

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People saw the wars then as justified, and nobody sees this the same way. If more people felt like we had good reasons to get into a war they’d be okay with thousands of deaths

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troops dying for this

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These days anything that happens the news is immediately shared widely and it's easy to get the impression from social media that there is enormous grassroots outrage.

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You can’t convince me that this is a bad thing

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