Source: Institute for Liberal Values
Author: Jim Peron

08/29/05

There is a new antiwar movement bubbling in the United States. George Bush used the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a bait and switch tactic. He used the rightous anger of Americans over the Twin Towers attack and misdirected against Iraq. Contrary to what the White House now claims they repeatedly lead the American public to believe that Iraq would be a cake walk-over in weeks, perhaps days. But the war drags on and on and the deaths pile up. And from this a new antiwar movement is being born. But this movement is far different from the the last major antiwar effort in the United States during the disastrous Vietnam War. Then the movement was one driven by young males. It was inspired by a justifiable desire to save one's life from a needless and senseless death. But this new movement is not led by the young and males. It is lead by their mothers and their wives...

Link: http://www.ilv.org.nz/index.php?action=view_journal&journal_id=171


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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