Uh yeah,against global opinions but with full support from the media and governments of USA,Canada,almost every country in Europe,Australia,South Korea,
Japan and many others in the Middle-East
and we're talking about a full propaganda machine support.
And who in modern time received tens of thousands of modern AT weapons, hundreds of Stinger missiles,rifles and machine-guns of all calibers,UAVs,UCAVs,
armored vehicles and information.
It would have been interesting to see how much they could have resisted without all that help.