http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_happened_to_the_anti-war_movement_20130905/
A mere 72 hours after President Obama delivered an encomium honoring
the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, he announced his intention to pound
yet another country with bombs. The oxymoron last week was noteworthy
for how little attention it received. Yes, a president memorialized an
anti-war activist who derided the U.S. government as “the greatest
purveyor of violence in the world.” Then that same president quickly
proposed yet more violence—this time in Syria.
Among a political press corps that rarely challenges the Washington
principle of “kill foreigners first, ask questions later,” almost nobody
mentioned the contradiction. Even worse, as Congress now debates
whether to launch yet another military campaign in the Middle East, the
anti-war movement that Dr. King represented—and that so vigorously
opposed the last war—is largely silent. Sure, there have been a few
perfunctory emails from liberal groups, but there seems to be little
prospect for mass protest, raising questions about whether an anti-war
movement even exists anymore.
So what happened to that movement? The shorter answer is: It was a victim of partisanship.
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