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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

polling from June shows that the Iran War has now sunk to negative 32% net support — below the negative 31% recorded in the final poll during Vietnam.

I can believe it, honestly. The Vietnam war had a clearer justification (not a good or valid one, but a clear one), the pre-existing public perception of communism, and a much less unpopular president (or several of them, but all much less unpopular). America also got out before it failed completely; when the North won, America had signed the Paris peace treaty two years prior. For this one, the proof of its pointlessness has happened before it has ended

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do the US have demonstrations against the war? For Vietnam that happen, albeit later than the 100 days we’re at with Iran.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

Yes. I don't know enough (about either these ones or the Vietnam ones) to say how they compare in scale, but they have definitely been happening. There was a particular rush of them in April when Trump starting saying all that "a civilisation will die" shit