20 years on, most Americans say Iraq invasion was the wrong decision

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20 years on, most Americans say Iraq invasion was the wrong decision
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Two decades after the U.S. invaded Iraq, 61% of Americans do not believe the U.S. made the right decision by invading Iraq, according to a new Axios/Ipsos poll.

that the U.S. would take military action if Saddam Hussein did not leave Iraq within 48 hours. On March 19, bombs began to fall on Baghdad. On March 20, the ground invasion commenced.in Feb. 2003 found that 66% of Americans approved of military action in Iraq and only 26% disapproved.

from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that most Americans would support military intervention in certain scenarios, such as if Russia invaded a NATO ally.Just 31% of Americans think the Iraq War made America safer, while 36% think the U.S. was right to invade, according to theThere is a clear partisan divide, however, with 58% of Republicans believing the U.S. was right to invade compared to 26% of Democrats.

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