[MAPC-discuss] People Say It's Not Vietnam

[MAPC-discuss] People Say It's Not Vietnam

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2001-11-01

   People are saying this is not Vietnam, and they're getting away with it.

   Last night I was leafletting at the Dylan concert.  A wall of
indifference.  I'm sure my leafletting technique could use some improvement.
  But still, fans don't connect this anti-war singer to peace.

   And Feingold Sunday at the Pyle Center.  He defended our bombing in
Afghanistan as justified self-defense, just after he mentioned (bragged?)
that he had protested against the Vietnam War right outside that building.
It's maddening that he's trying to get credit for a past anti-war stance,
while firmly siding with the status quo now.

   The Nation's Katha Pollitt recently stated that this war is not like
Vietnam.  She took potshots at the peace movement, and repeated the mantra:
this war is justified self defense.  Then in the end she agreed it's a
stupid and wrong-headed approach, exactly as she initially characterized
Vietnam.

   Castro's speech handed out at the last Socialist Potluck showed some
valid parallels between this war and Vietnam.  The vague goal, the
unidentifiable enemy, and now the advisors going in.

   September 11th is functioning as a pretext, and people won't acknowledge
it.  Several thousand Americans are killed, so that gives us the right to
starve several MILLION Afghanis?  That gives us the right to wage war
against any number of countries, and use WHATEVER methods and weapons we
want?

   How can we tap into Americans' belief that Vietnam was wrong, so that
they will see this war is wrong in the same way?


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Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:40 PM

[MAPC-discuss] People Say It's Not Vietnam