> The reasons for this war are pretty clear to the assholes who sent me
> hate mail, as well as the guys on ESPN Radio.
>
> So why has the anti-war movement failed to connect with the rest of the
> population? Could it be that many of us are out of touch with "ordinary
> Americans?" Could it be that we are better at bitching about the media
> than we are at taking it over like the right wing has done?
>
> Chuck0
I've found that a lot of people have "clear" views on why the war is necessary, alright. What's troubling to me is that often people will offer their own sort of armchair quarterbacking opinion on why the war is just, and yet this won't have anything to do with Bush and Co.'s own rationale is.
For example, someone told me he supported Gulf War 2 because he felt sorry for the Kurds. It was a matter of opposing the anti-Kurdish racism of Saddam and even the Turkish govt, he said. There have been a lot of reasons thrown onto the shit heap of legitimation that Bush and Co. have tried to amass, but last I checked, Bush and Co. said nothing about fighting Kurdish racism.
For me, it's amazing how many people will invent their own reasons for war that appeal to their own conscience, yet which also conveniently allow the Bush agenda to proceed. Watching broad sections of the American public become nothing more than unpaid State Dept flunkies is nothing short of nauseating.
Brian