Ain't Gonna Study War No More

At a recent White House press conference, New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller called Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Bush's nominee for president of the World Bank, "a chief architect of one of the most unpopular wars in our history."

Larry Elder asks

"One of the most unpopular wars in our history"? Hmmm, sounds like another editorial masquerading as a question. To the history books!

Larry follows with an entertaining exegesis on just how much opposition there has been to other wars in our history, from the Revolution (supported by a third of the populace) to Vietnam ("71 percent called the Vietnam War a mistake, and 58 percent called the war immoral.")

This brings us to the "unpopular" Iraqi War. Bush obtained a resolution from Congress (which passed the House 296 to 133, and the Senate 77 to 23) authorizing the use of force. At the time of America's entry into Iraq in 2003, a CBS/New York Times poll found that 76 percent of Americans approved of the U.S. military action against Iraq.

Even now, the majority of Americans want us to stay the course.

Aside from that, the New York Times reporter pretty much nailed it.

As they say in my country: "Read the whole thing!"

Politics Posted by jk at March 24, 2005 2:32 PM