Matthew, of a cross-town blog, has a survey of NYC anti-war protestors. Probably not completely scientific sampling at only 200 entries, but still interesting. The results confirm my suspicions that many of the anti-war left don’t object to the specifics of this war as to any war the U.S. might engage in, including our 2001 foray into Afghanistan - there’s value to principled objection, mind you, but a) it doesn’t do much to your cause when you’re criticizing X, Y or Z reason for war when it’s war itself you object to, and b) it doesn’t leave much room for a US foreign policy that might actually be strategic in achieving positive ends. I’m curious how much of the “Does not Vote” replies were due to age or citizenship restrictions on voting.
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