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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Programme Director for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, says that "even in the most controversial wars, like Iraq, when the war initiates, people tend to rally around the flag [...] this is remarkable that at the very beginning of the war there's overwhelming opposition not only from liberals and the left, but much of Trump's spaces as well".

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