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[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-americans-are-unlikely-to-support-a-war-in-ukraine/ by Monica Potts 3/3/22 FiveThirtyEight] | [https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-americans-are-unlikely-to-support-a-war-in-ukraine/ by Monica Potts 3/3/22 FiveThirtyEight] | ||
Merely a week after Sept. 11, then-president George W. Bush signed a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of force against those responsible, and the U.S. and British, with international support, began bombing Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces Oct. 7. The American public almost universally approved this rush to war: A Gallup poll conducted soon after found that 90 percent supported the war and only 5 percent opposed it. | Merely a week after Sept. 11, then-president George W. Bush signed a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of force against those responsible, and the U.S. and British, with international support, began bombing Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces Oct. 7. The American public almost universally approved this rush to war: A Gallup poll conducted soon after found that 90 percent supported the war and only 5 percent opposed it. | ||
=====Russia Criminalizes Independent War Reporting, Anti-War Protests===== | |||
[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/07/russia-criminalizes-independent-war-reporting-anti-war-protests by HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 7/3/22] | |||
The amendments expand the laws on “false information” and “discreditation” to include government bodies such as the Russian Guard (currently taking part in the hostilities in Ukraine), embassies, consulates, and emergency services. The penalties are similar to those set out in the initial law criminalizing “false information” and “discrediting” the Russian armed forces. | |||
