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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (20321)3/1/2002 1:15:38 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I think you've got it all wrong. There might be a "torrent of opposition" from many in the leisured pundit class and anti-American opportunists around the globe, but not from the American public at large. I think they will fall more along the strongly supportive to stoically accepting end of the spectrum.

Plus--quick, early, and visible successes (of the bombing video variety) will make it much more difficult for "opposition" to gain significant traction. We saw all of that in the first Gulf War. Protesters nostalgic for Vietnam era glories were routinely shouted down and appeared sad, pathetic, and out of touch on the evening news.

As long as American military action is demonstrably successful and determined, and perceived as prudently responsible in minimizing civilian death, the public at large will support it. America loves a winner. America loves a winning attitude. Give them those, and they will give you the benefit of the doubt.

As we have seen.
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