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Originally posted by filtherton
Well, we can speculate all we want. Tony blair was pretty gung ho about invading, yet brits turned out by the thousands to voice their lack of support. As did many americans.
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The Brits saw Tony Blair as cow towing to the US and they were especially incensed that the French and Germans were standing up to us for moral/humanitarian reasons.
Had France, Germany, and Russia not opposed the action so vehemently the protests would never have been as large. The opposition of France and Germany was especially incendiary because of the mistaken belief that we're all "allies".
Many Americans also protested the first Gulf War, yet France and Germany approved of that. There will always be a group of people who believe war is unnecessary and groups of people who believe the US is a big evil monster bent on world domination.