It doesn't change the reality of what's happening, so I don't think this is worth much, but most people here don't think that.
Where are the ginormous protests that happened during the Iraq invasion?
Me thinks it was not about right or wrong but fear of a new Vietnam type draft.
Now that war has changed there are not similar type of protests because it's the missiles and drones doing the killing
There was no attempt to sway public opinion as to the right or wrong on this one. They just piled in with no warning.
As far as I can tell, these current assholes don't really care what the folks in the US think about their actions, so they don't spend time making cases- they just go do whatever dumb shit they want to do. Hell, I suspect that even they don't have a firm idea of what they are doing.
Tony Blair is now widely reviled in the UK, and you can hardly find anyone who will admit to have supported the war.
At the same time, I wish that protesting felt effective; the stated goals weren't achieved, and that is a fact. I've never been satisfied with being "right" about these horrors, even if I've been "right" a lot in my life.
And protesting is way more fun and less risky than the direct actions that seem to be for more effective in having measurable effects on efforts around ICE.
However, attitudes shifted almost immediately after Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes on Iran. A survey conducted after Trump’s bombing campaign showed support climbing to 85% among Republicans."
Things like Iran are sadly the exception, as far as my experience goes.