Why isn't 2020 more like 2002? Because there's a new infrastructure built to fight American interventions abroad.
But it's also because public opinion moved more slowly back then. Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, pointed to advances in technology, including the growth of social media, as a key reason groups like hers can organize more effectively than two decades ago.
that U.S. officials misled the public about Afghanistan, have further raised skepticism among Americans about going to war.The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, prompted widespread support for the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the base for the attack’s al Qaeda masterminds. The attacks also made it harder for anti-war activists at the time, many of whom had engaged in similar activism during the Vietnam War, to gain mainstream traction and prevent the U.S.
Historian Michael Koncewicz said anti-war activists often point to Obama as an example of how politicians capitalize on their movement’s energy but, once in office, water down their positions and fail to live up to their promises. “Trump, as a figure, is forcing a lot of people to rethink those coalitions and think about what are the boundaries of anti-war activism,” Koncewicz said.
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