MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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Generalizing is dangerous, but only when it's wrong. We saw the left come out with their various anti-war demonstrations during the Bush Administration, but they've been MIA since Obama took office. Like I said, not all of them are partisans, but there's been a dramatic shift since their guy took office and continued the same policies.
They haven't been MIA. You just have your nose stuck in the wrong places to get your information. Politically speaking, I think there has been less protest because everyone (right AND left) were so gung-ho on General Patreaus's war plan. After all, he was the hero who "fixed" Iraq, so he must be able to "fix" Afganistan too. (But was warned by many, MANY, top military and diplomatic experts that a similar take/secure "surge" approach wouldn't work with The Taliban, nor would offering cash to Taliban militants work either. In a nutshell, it isn't money they want; it's their country free of other nations telling them how to live at the point of a gun.
I doubt very seriously that the lack of antiwar protests has anything to do with General Petraeus. The fact is you're either against these wars or you're not. There was a large contingent of the left completely against these wars under Bush, and we haven't heard a peep out of them since Obama took office despite the wars continuing and expanding.
There you go generalizing again. Not a peep? Surely you jest. Remember "Code Pink"? The group whom neocons thought were just a bunch of nutty liberal women? Well they haven't stopped with Iraq. Guess they're not so liberal after all.
Code Pink: Get out of Afghanistan - USATODAY.com
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Dems, Liberal Group Push Obama to Pull Out of Afghanistan
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/158885/dnc-wants-out-afghanistan
[Corrected double posting of link]
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