The Anti-War movement has made a lot of subtle moves to try and distance themselves from ANSWER, though it still continues to participate and organize “peace” marches.
But if the “Anti-War” movement has any chance of swaying the majority of Americans, it needs to distance itself from assholes like the folks carrying this banner (which, in the interest of uttermost fairness, came during a march before the attack at Camp Pennsylvania).
That this is considered an acceptable sentiment both by the folks expressing it and by the folks just walking by, is abominable.
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I wish you could be anti-war, but still support the troops. I know a few people in the service and I really do support them, however I do not support the commender-in-cheif’s decision to invade another country.
However I do not feel comfortable attending protests because it seems like people are either anti or pro war and also the same for the troops. However its not the troops that choose what to do, its their leaders.
There is certainly some degree to which troops are responsible for their actions. Abiding by the Geneva Conventions, for one. “I was just following orders” is not usually considered a valid defense.
That being said, you are right, the policy of who goes where is with the political leaders. To that degree, anti-war folks should consider the troops as victims of the Bush regime, put into harms way and forced to participate in an unjust aggression.
Except for those troops who support it. Though I suppose they’re victims of the imperialist propaganda machine. Right?