tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post7587950876313064016..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Military SF author David Drake on Afghanistan (sort of)Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-4723216247705064522009-10-31T15:03:26.833-04:002009-10-31T15:03:26.833-04:00I'd say you're being a bit too harsh on th...I'd say you're being a bit too harsh on the antiwar movement, although I agree that the pro-war establishment has learned quite a bit about how to force a war on people.<br /><br />One of the main problems we face is indeed that the Obama-inspired apathy has gutted the movement. But even more importantly, politicians have learned that voters are irrelevant. Despite the intense hatred of Bush, he got a second term and it wasn't until McCain appeared on the scene that the public was ready to denounce Bush. And then they did so by electing Bush 3.0 (aka Obama) instead. The antiwar movement is probably using the old tactics just as effectively, if not more effectively, than we did during Vietnam. Likewise, it has strong public support even in the face of Obama's pro-war posturing. Unfortunately, the old tactics are even less effective now than they were then and the numbers don't matter. What the antiwar movement needs isn't better media coverage (although I'd take that too), but a flowering of consciousness into a more thorough and radical antistate movement.Mikonoreply@blogger.com