When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, March 24, 2003
An Australian newspaper suggests that although the US peace movement did not stop Bush from starting his war, it may well have influenced how he proceeds.
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Influence of peace movement on Iraqi war
An Australian newspaper suggests that although the US peace movement did not stop Bush from starting his war, it may well have influenced how he proceeds.
Operation Iraqi Freedom seems to have been devised with one eye on the anti-war movement...The US might have wanted to avoid a wave of worldwide revulsion. A series of tight, well-aimed strikes at the regime would have confounded the global fear of colossal Iraqi civilian casualties. It's as if Washington had heard the peace movement's objection to this war - that too many innocents would die - and was attempting to heed it.
The Americans listened to their critics in other matters of strategy, too. A loud complaint in the first Gulf war, and in every conflict since, was that Americans fight "cowards' wars". They prefer to drop bombs from the safe distance of 4500 metres rather than expose themselves to the danger of ground battle, critics said.
This time the Americans are doing precisely what was demanded of them; risking their own necks by sending in ground forces.
-- Muting the Warmongers, 3-24-03, Sydney Morning Herald
Palema
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