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/

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[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 67 points 1 year ago (4 children)

what percentage of Americans could tell you what the Nakba was? 5%?

[–] Kereru@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could 5% of Americans find Palestine on a map?

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Sure we can, we just point to where it says "Isreal."

[–] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

5% would be incredibly impressive considering what I know about Americans

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

I think a solid third of Americans would think it's a racial slur.

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I didn't know what it was until I became a communist, and I have a high school history teaching cert.