I guess some people must have been against WWII also. I remember there was one woman Representative and may be others in the House that voted against the declaration of war.
But at this point in time it is amazing what a poor attention span people like Novak and many other here have. If they had the ability to remember what the President said right after the attacks of 9-11 they might understand:
1. The War on Terror would be fought on many fronts, some public some not, some military some diplomatic. This is very important. The press has adopted the strategy of calling these battles wars to try to separate the parts of the War on Terror in the minds of the American people. Among the fronts so far:
A. Afghanistan, a public battle won easily only mopping up going on now.
B. Iraq, a public battle won easily only mopping up going on now.
C. Yemen, a less public battle with success against terrorists.
D. Libya, a behinds the scenes diplomatic battle which seemingly the US has won.
E. Spain, a set back in a diplomatic battle when terrorist succeeded in changing the government with an election eve attack.
These are only the ones, I know about. Mostly these have been successes but as the president said this has not been a cakewalk. The KIAs and other casualty levels have been low but not zero.
Her name was Rankin I believe.
Jeanette Rankin, R from Montana, was the only representative to vote against the war on Japan.
There were, I believe, 49 votes against the war on Germany.
The country was singularly united in supporting the war. If you remember, we had 16 million men under arms from a total population of 130 million (IIRC).
So nearly every family in the country was affected by having members in the armed forces. There wouldn't have been a hell of a lot of sympathy for anyone who opposed the war. I don't remember hearing anyone take that position.