---- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Brown" <CharlesB at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us>
-The antiwar movement is over a decade into fighting the newest round of US -interventons, from Panama to the Gulf War to Afghanistan, and the support by -the public for each war has INCREASED over that period. The verdict on the -present configuration of antiwar organizing is clear-- it's a complete and -utter failure. Talking about "90 days" ignores the historical roots of -those early efforts.
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>CB:What about the U.S. war on Yugoslavia , which you supported ? I'm a
little suspicious of people who are pro- U.S. >war, like Nathan, announcing
that the anti-war movement is a failure. There's a kind of fifth
column-warmonger ring to your >statements.
Yes, the use of terms like "fifth column" against anyone who disagrees with the antiwar line on any specific issue is exactly why the movement has been a failure-- anyone who has partially disagreed at any point in the last ten years has been so heaped with abuse that they find little attractive in the movement.
When even people in the tiny minority of folks who oppose the war in Afghanistan are routinely insulted, its no wonder that those who are on the fence are running away. This is not a movement where the non-righteous need apply.
-- Nathan Newman