So what? Gore conceded Bush's victory in 2000, and so did Kerry in 2004. If either had contested it, it would have been a political crisis, which, they thought and still think, would have been worse for the empire than the Iraq War itself.
Besides, the Iraq War has been _a disaster for Iraqis_, but not for the ruling class in America. The war may cost $1-2 trillion, but Joseph Stiglitz noted in his Spiegel interview: "we can afford it, that's not the issue" ("Interview with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz: 'The War Is Bad for the Economy,'" 5 April 2005, <http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,409710,00.html>).
Even below the ruling class, the top 20% income bracket of the US population can't be said to have been seriously inconvenienced by the Iraq War either.
The poorer Americans may be discontent, but they are, at present, either too busy, clueless, or discouraged to fight back and end the war. The calm in the streets is almost eerie -- it will probably drive some youths to terrorism, sooner or later. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>