Where in the world is the anti-war movement? Where are the protests? Where are the silent vigils? Are we still counting civilian casualties? Where are the placards and bumper stickers? For that matter, where is the media coverage of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? We are not out of Iraq, and in fact we have been promised a long term presence there. We have been told more troops will be sent to Afghanistan. The nation-building, police-of-the-world rhetoric has not changed. Has war become the answer? What happened to Obama’s change? Where are the “Obama lied, thousands are still dying” bumper stickers? And where are the Move-ons of the world who all but set themselves on fire during the campaigns? As David Boaz of CATO points out:
But meanwhile, where’s the antiwar movement? President Obama rose to power on the basis of his early opposition to the Iraq war and his promise to end it. Now he has doubled down on the war in Afghanistan and has promised to keep the war in Iraq going for another 19 months, after which we will have 50,000 American troops in Iraq for as far as the eye can see. If McCain had proposed this sort of minor tweaking of the Bush policy, I think we’d see antiwar rallies in 300 cities. Calling the antiwar movement!
I have an idea where they are. They are counting their money and revelling in their new power, laughing at me for believing they were really anti-war.
Thanks to Jesse at C4L for the link.
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