David Corn: troubling origins of the anti-war movement

[Nathan Newman]

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From: "Liza Featherstone" <lfeather32 at erols.com>
>I think these large peaceful protests...embolden foreign governments who
>disagree with U.S. policy (here I mean Mexico or France, not Saddam).

This is actually the biggest reason I marched on October 26.  Given the
impending United Nations vote, this particular juncture in time was an
important one to remind the world that the US is divided on the issue.

Congressfolks don't care about US opinion as a whole-- they care about their
constitutes so local organizing matters more for Congressional votes.  But
for influencing world opinion, door-knocking won't have much effect, so that
is probably the best justification for a mass march.

-- Nathan Newman