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Originally Posted by aceventura3
War approval rating? I don't know anyone who ever wanted to be in a war. It is very easy for people to get discouraged, when people are discouraged and want a war over - that does not mean either surrender or not completing what was started. When you talk ratings, I guess it all depends on how the question is asked.
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I disagree, I don't think it's been all that "easy for people to get discouraged." I think the approval of the war was artificially high for quite a while. I think the reason it took so long for the public opinion to drop was, for the most part, the vast majority of people have little to no personal investment in this war. Unless you have a family member or close friend serving (or obviously yourself) you're really not asked to make any changes in your life due to the war. The public, in general, has even been shielded from the displeasure of seeing flag draped coffins returning from the wars. We've borrowed a large amount of money to keep the war going so no one being asked to pony up and pay for it. I think it's been easy to not to get discouraged when your total sacrifice and investment is a $3 yellow ribbon magnet for the back of your car.