It is important for the peace movement to emphasize today that the people of Iran and the USA are not at war with each other | Bharat Dogra

Often when a country is attacked by another country and two countries are at war, it is not realized adequately that people of both countries may not want this war which has been imposed on them due to factors beyond their control. This is particularly true in the context of unpopular wars. This is certainly true in the context of the ongoing Iran war.

According to available data, the Iran war of 2026 has been found in polls and surveys conducted among the people of the USA to be the most unpopular war among all major wars at an initial stage. The general record has been that with the passage of time wars tend to be more unpopular at a later stage with the various deceptions and horrors of war being revealed gradually. This is certainly true of the Vietnam War or the Iraq wars and the Afghanistan War.
What is more, it is clear that the opposition to the USA government choosing to start this war would have been much higher if the following well-established facts were well known to most citizens of the USA