[lbo-talk] DC: Costs of big marches

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

John Lacny:
> real circumstances on the ground in Iraq (read: it's fuckin' dangerous)
are
> chiefly responsible for this, but the mass demonstrations, the
> counter-recruitment campaigns, and all of the other tactics of the
anti-war
> movement are lending legitimacy to the idea that it is right and correct
to
> refuse to fight in this war, and to ask that the troops be brought home

I do not think that marching in DC is a very effective way of hampering the
imperial war machine.  In the Vietnam War fragging was the main factor,
while the loudmouths in DC claimed all the credit.  Absent evidence of any
fragging in Iraq, the best bet is sabotaging the recruitment effort, which
according to The Nation, some Hispanic groups are already quietly doing.

Wojtek