@Will J. thanks for the confirm

@Crowley I think I didn’t express myself well, but what I was trying to say was that in 02-03 there were very visible protests popping up all over the place…at least it seemed like it at the time. Now it seems like not so much.

@Ed that’s something I hadn’t heard before, but it seems reasonable.

@Spooky thanks?

thanks for listening,
crank!

1. I think the Iraq War has less attention now because the President has said we’ll leave Iraq by 2011 and only have 50,000 troops left until then.

2. I think you’re very right about the draft being a huge factor for why few initially protested against the war, but the second reason was that initially General Colin Powell was utilized in making a case for invasion to the UN by claims that Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons or was in the process of creating nuclear weapons. Post 9/11 America was pretty for the war and stopping Hussein based on that evidence (which we later learned was faulty at best), so initially I think that’s why protests were initially not huge.

3. From 2005-2009 there has been a huge antiwar movement, including huge global protests that the mainstream media ignored, and that leads into Mike’s observation about the nature of the 24 hour news-cycle and our short attention spans kept the media from reporting about the protests. I mean hell, most people think that Iraq was connected to 9-11 and don’t know that the last Vice President ordered a lackey to commit an act of treason against this country.

And Mike, let’s hear more about the new dog. Get another pug, or what?