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[corplinx]

http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-steorts032203.asp

This NR story has been making the rounds. Of course, pay attention to the very conservative source. Despite the obvious source bias, I think this points once again to some of the real motivations for protest:

A. People who hate Bush
B. People who hate the american way of life

These things truly disturb me. These protests have become an excuse for every fringe group with an anti-capitalist/globalist agenda to come out of the woodwork.

Mind you, I _would_ attend some sort of candelight vigil against war in general. I would also attend a vigil in silent protest against genocide and tyranny.

Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any.

 

[kourama]

Yep, the source did sound pretty conservative, so either

1) he reported accurately and found a group producing anti-war propaganda (that is, emotional rather than reasonable argementation)

2) he reported some of what he saw, and ignored those in the group who represented real opposition to the war.

In any case, the author thought that oil was not relevant to this war, and that is patently absurd. If it was about a dictator who brutalizes his people and stockpiles horrible weapons, then I'd like to hear about the government's war plans for North Korea.

Personal attacks on George W. Bush are not relevant when discussing war, however, any press agent will tell you that mud slinging works. We see smear campaigns all the time, the right and left are both doing it. Taking the moral high ground may please the intellectuals, but to the masses, it looks like weakness. Truth doesn't win, volume wins.

 

[DavidJames]

"Personal attacks on George W. Bush are not relevant when discussing war, however, any press agent will tell you that mud slinging works. We see smear campaigns all the time, the right and left are both doing it. Taking the moral high ground may please the intellectuals, but to the masses, it looks like weakness. Truth doesn't win, volume wins."

Damn impressive paragraph - very well said!

 

[gnome]

I would point out here that you can't learn about most american war protestors by listening to the most extreme of the protestors. Would I be drawing useful conclusions about those that are for this war, if I mainly took commentary from neo-nazis?

 

[corplinx]

Damn impressive paragraph - very well said!

I'll second that.

 

[scotth]

In any case, the author thought that oil was not relevant to this war, and that is patently absurd. If it was about a dictator who brutalizes his people and stockpiles horrible weapons, then I'd like to hear about the government's war plans for North Korea.

This paragraph needs some attention though.

If we simply wanted Iraqi oil, the easiest way to have gotten it was simply declare that Iraq was clean of WMD and lift the sanctions.

Also, you are presuming that nothing will be done about North Korea. I suspect that if they keep it up, something will be done about them.