[lbo-talk] Another Courageous Guerilla Assault Does ISO and ANSWER proud

[Michael Pugliese]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:27:50 -0600, Stephen E Philion <philion at hawaii.edu> 
wrote:
...the only deaths that matter in the US are
> those of American soldiers or that the deaths of American soldiers are 
> the only reason the issue of Iraq remains controversial in the US...or a 
> possible source of anti-war mobilisation in the US.....
>
> steve

   KIA of US soldiers in 'Nam by 68 was hitting 200 a week. Yr. before was 
when the anti-war movement started to grow beyond the socialist/communist 
left and Xtian pacifists, though it took till '69 till hundreds of 
thousands were mobilized in the huge MOBE's. Even on this cynical if 
realistic calculus (given nationalistic chauvinism in the US political 
culture), it will take a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of the 
Iraqi resistance to turn up the heat from orgs. like Military Families 
Speak Out, for pro-war sentiment to fracture more, or for more folks to 
hear and be receptive to the msg. from folks like the Latino Father, of a 
dead Marine, from north of San Diego, if memory serves, who spoke during 
the part of the Wash. D.C. rally w/ speakers aligned w/ UfPJ a few months 
ago.

-- 
Michael Pugliese