Where are the peace protests over Syria bombing?

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19. Why would I not mean 2001?

We went into Afghanistan 7 October 2001. Something happened on 11 September 2001 that 99% of the world, even DUers, seemed to think made going into Afghanistan a good idea.

For that matter, a lot of DUers were calling for intervention in Afghanistan long before 9/11. Mass stonings of women turns out to be the kind of thing that progressives think justifies intervention. Mostly we figured we should just go back to arming the guy who led the fight against the Soviets.


I doubt I can find proof the vast majority of us supported going after Bin Laden and the Taliban back in 2001. But if you were here, that is what you would have seen. Heck, you might as well ask me to prove the moon is not made out of cheese. Some things are so self evident that I am stunned you would even ask it.

Virtually NOBODY opposed us going into Afghanistan. There was nothing remotely controversial about it. The 9/11 truther dumbasses, as well as the true pacifists, are all you would have had. But that is a pretty insignificant number.

On the other hand, the Iraq War opposition at DU had three major complaints about it:

1. It was based on a lie.

2. It was stupid. Saddam was an enemy of Al Qaeda. Taking him out would only result in exactly what we are seeing today with ISIL.

3. It would take resources away from the "good war in Afghanistan". I put that in quotes because that is exactly what DUers were posting at the time.

Pacifists see millions of people protesting the Iraq War and think, "these people are anti-war". No, they're not. Most of them opposed THAT war. Even most Conservatives I knew opposed that war. They thought it was a stupid war for reasons #2 and #3 cited above.

Maybe pacifists should listen to the people protesting "a" war instead of projecting their own pacifistic views upon them.