Why is support for the current Iraq war diminishing when death tolls are smaller than in previous wars?
I assume you are referring to the situation within the US. There are several reasons why this is the case. Meanwhile, as the body bags come home, people wonder what the war is actually all about. The most recent war against Iraq was promoted and launched, to a significant extent, on a wave of jingoism and ‘misdirection’. Jingoism wears off in time and was hampered by a premature statement from the president of the US stating the war was over. In fact, the war had only just started. Misdirection eventually fails in the light of facts. The civil war in Iraq has occurred because the ‘head’ was removed from the body of the state of Iraq and there was no established power base that could replace it. There was a desire on the part of the US and its allies to install a specific style of government, run by people with a specific viewpoint to replace the one that had fallen. The current struggle is part of an Iraqi civil war that the US and allies have been ensnared in. The situation has echoes
The war in Iraq is an illegal war, which is in violation of international law. It was based on lies. It has caused the slaughter of thousands of innocent Iraqis and the deaths of many soldiers. Most Iraqis were under the age of eighteen at the time of attack so in fact they were a nation of children. How much courage does it take to invade a nation of children? Support for this war, both in USA and the rest of the world has diminished as people come to their senses and realise that they have been deceived. The following quote explains how easily people are deceived. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, thereby exposing the country to greater danger.” Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials Life holds no sacredness for some including any leader who so willingly slaughters innocent people.
Your question, while valid, is based upon a factual malapropism. The Police Action in Iraq has actually incurred roughly the same number of combat casualties as the Spanish-American War and the War of 1812 – between 1500 and 2000 individuals, at minimum. Some independent sources have estimated double these numbers, but it’s impossible to know for certain, and I wouldn’t dare guess without better access to facts.
Another important fact to keep in mind here is that ‘Iraq’ and its borders where all devised by western civilization. Look in history books and you will find no record of this. so called kuwait, EVER. Take a look at the map of Afgahnistan, looks something like a slanted square, but look at the north eastern corner, you will find a random few hundred mile long, by hundred mile long stretch of uninhabitable desert. Such things are common in OUR maps. Keep in mind that everything you know about these countries is carefully filtered by all sorts of people with all sorts of ideals.
(Response to Greg222 below.) Support is diminishing because all the popular media reports is the bad news. We get a constant drumbeat of reports about the bombings and the deaths of American troops. What goes unreported is the good that the troops are doing. Did you know that more of the country has electricity and other basic utility services than had them before we invaded? Did you know that our troops are building schools for the kids of Iraq? The fact of the matter is that returning troops are keep expressing how annoyed they are over the lack of reporting of the progress that they are making over there. Another example of this is the recent reports of the Army’s failure to meet recruitment goals. What the reports aren’t telling you is that the goals have been raised since previous years. The Army is still getting more new recruits than it had been before 9/11. Additionally, they are having very high levels of soldiers re-enlisting when their periods of enlistment expires. As a mat
