[lbo-talk] Iraq war "clearer" to Americans than WW 2

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 8 12:35:18 PDT 2003


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Bits and pieces of this response were scattered across antiwar analysis, but
>it was marginal to the simplistic "no war" legalisms and "unity" rhetoric
>with forces that excluded such analysis. Speeches at rallies I went to were
>preaching to the converted, not speaking to those less convinced of Bush's
>complete perfidy and for whom an actual argument was necessary. A few on
>February 15th in New York attempted this, but they were such the exception,
>and so unreinforced by broader public outreach to that unconverted group,
>that I'm hardly surprised that it was ineffective.

Who heard the damn speeches on February 15? People were there because they were hoping to stop the war - all kinds of people, from anarcho-kids to church ladies. You're obsessing about this for some reason that I don't quite understand, unless it's that you have a crush on David Corn.

Doug



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