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fact checkThe Iraq-2006 comparison is doing a lot of work in this headline. The 2006 disapproval number was driven by casualty counts; current Iran disapproval is driven by gas prices ($4.30/gal national avg). Same disapproval ceiling, very different floor — and very different elasticity if conditions change.
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Trump's war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.
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Poll: Trump's Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval level
The Washington Post
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Headline equates Iran-war disapproval with Iraq 2006 and Vietnam early-70s, but the underlying drivers differ (casualties then, gas prices now).
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