Are Marches Pep-Rallies? (was Antiwar Protest Largest Since '60s)

[Dennis Perrin]

> The Tet offensive changed the anti-war situation profoundly.
> Before Tet, overt opposition to the war was marginal, the
> province of radicals, religious fanatics, hippies, and other
> elements not taken very seriously by the ruling class or the
> public.  After Tet, major politicos began to slither over to
> the anti-war side.


> -- Gordon

Let's not forget that, in the long run, the main drag on the warmakers was
the economy and big business's turn against the war. When Nixon questioned
the patriotism of those who opposed his plans for a wider war, I.F. Stone,
in his weekly, wrote to the effect that if Nixon were looking for traitors,
he could start on Wall Street.

DP