Whats wrong with the antiwar movement?
On Jan. 27, Americans gathered in public spaces and demonstrated against the War in Iraq. While the focus of the national mobilization was a tremendous antiwar march in Washington D.C., smaller events occurred across the country. Here, people braved the cold and took to Boston Common to show their frustration with the confusing trajectory of the war and to make explicit their distaste for its shady motivation and admittedly tragic handling. The event here was a shameful and inane spectacle that should have made every rational person shake a sad fist at the First Amendment. Little more than a circus, it provided a revealing cross section of the “protest movement,” while at the same time underscoring the juvenile sentiments and half-baked logic of those who would seek to end our involvement in Iraq with all due haste. The demonstrators were a motley, though unsurprising, bunch. There were burnt-out hippies hoping to relive the good old days of the 1960s, as well as a gaggle of anarchists
