Realistically, there is _no_ alternative at present to the war in which both Americans & non-Americans kill and die on behalf of the U.S. ruling class, given the fact that anti-war coalitions sprouting everywhere in the States are as of now _no match_ for the U.S. government. Leftists cannot prevent the war from happening. _It has already begun, in fact_. The Northern Alliance has been supported by the USA & Russia among others. Warplanes, troops, etc. have been already sent. Etc. What leftists should do is to work hard to expand the incipient anti-war movement into a mass movement, while building up the as yet non-existent Left so we will be _in a position to propose & implement a realistic socialist alternative in the future_.
Yoshie