digitalreporter wrote:
] Only a few thousand stalwarts, activists like Noel Ainsley,
] took to the streets to sound the alarm, shocked but refusing
] to be awed by the promised pulverizing. They did nothing rude
] or radical, simply questioned the edicts of authority.

Good to hear the peaceniks in Canada were actually peaceful. Not so much in San Francisco if I recall. The only arguement made for the Iraq war that was compelling was the imminent threat arguement, made by Blair. If Stratfor is believed (and I do) the real reasons were never argued. Blair's argument has been crushed almost as much as you can crush it. Iraq/Al'Q links are scarce. Even Bush/Cheney admit the relationship was budding, not developed, which precludes the idea of imminence. The WMD are non existent. Scott Ritter said so much at the time, and the media simply tried to write him off as a kook. He was dead right.

I still think that it was reasonable to worry that Iraq might give WMD to Al'Q. The guy gave cash to Hezbollah. However, I worry about a lot of things. The question is how likely was this to happen on short order. Turns out not too likely at all.

But please don't call the peaceniks patriots. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan, but I was uncertain enough on the eve of the Iraq war to seriously consider whether or not I should protest. I might have, if the rallies weren't run by International Answer. I'd rather stand with Bush, when he is wrong, the Internation Answer at their best moment. These people are not patriots. They hate the United States and they hate democratic government. They hate capitalism, and they hate certain kinds of freedom.

RE: The Calgary Sun: Turns out peaceniks were the real patriots all along