Guest Juanky Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Has any war, besides WW2, ever been immensely popular? Something I was thinking of the other day. The Revolution split the colonists in half, the Civil War split the damn country in half, World War I was not a popular war by any means, Korea was hated, and we all know the history behind Vietnam and Iraq. The only ones I can think of that had a positive reaction from the people were of course WWII and maybe the Spanish American War, because of Yellow Journalism. Anyone know for sure how the country stood on the Spanish-American War? How about the war of 1812 (one would think that would have been alright, since the British were invading)? Just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 I imagine the Spanish American War was popular. The country must have been pissed off after the Maine explosion. Though there were isolationists back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I think WW2 was popular because it was the only war the USA HAD to engage in. All the others were choices. (including WW1, Spanish-Am, Mexican, 1812, Vietnam, Korean, Iraq1, Iraq2) I'm taking Am foreign relations 1914 to present. Fascinating stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Barbary Pirates War... Ok, I'm just grabbing at straws... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 pretty tough for a war to be "immensely popular".... there are some lower-level conflicts that you could argue... Desert Storm for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Removing Noriega was a special forces operation. We just took him, ignoring everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I certainly can't think of any other war where the reasons for going to war were debunked like this one, except maybe Vietnam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 But that wasn't the question now was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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