War Hungry The United States declared war on Iraq 10 years ago based on a lie, we went to war because our President at the time lied to us about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Americans at that time supported President Bush because we had a sense of togetherness and his approval rating was up. Not supporting the war was tough for so many people because they were labeled as un-American, or not supporters of our troops. Today, its a very different story, many Americans have since changed their mind about the war. The war cost us a lot of money and added to our deficit, we lost so many American lives and we really gained nothing out of it. So I hope we learned from this war and hope that in the future we are able to solve our disputes peacefully.