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Thursday 11 August 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized

Whither the Anti-War Movement?

I used to marvel at the level of hypocrisy exhibited by large numbers of Republicans during the run-up to the War in Iraq–how some of the congressmen and cable news pundits who were the most vocal critics of Bill Clinton’s interventions in the Balkans turned out to be the staunchest defenders of George W. Bush’s intervention in Iraq. Within a period of less than three years, leading members of the Republican Party and the modern conservative movement suddenly morphed from staunch critics of elective wars and nation-building to defenders of such things.

But, alas, it turns out that the Democratic Party is no better. President Obama has stepped up our military involvement in Afghanistan and has continued the drone missile strikes (many of which have killed innocent civilians) in Pakistan. He has ordered our military intervention in Libya without a formal declaration of war or even a resolution from congress–something that even President Bush was not brazen enough to do–and we hear nary a peep from Democrats.

To be sure, there’s been plenty of criticism of Obama’s foreign policy offered by Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich and by liberal columnist & blogger Glenn Greenwald, yet few liberals or Democrats seem to care about these stories.

And who could blame them given all the other important issues that are deserving of their attention? I mean, why divert precious time and resources covering an issue that has nothing to do with Sarah Palin, the nefarious Koch brothers, or those “racist” Tea Party protesters?

Afterall, it’s only war.

*Crickets*

2011-08-11  »  madlibertarianguy