<underfire> chaos, illusions & the 60's

[Eugene Wyatt]

From: "Michael H Goldhaber" <mgoldh at well.com>

"Now a comparison to today: In the US the level of opposition to the
Iraq war has risen much more swiftly than a comparable movement did
30 years ago, although the form of opposition is very different.
Polls already show a majority quite opposed to the Iraq war, even
without the draft, without a major youth movement, with one-twentieth
the number of US deaths. Why? I think largely through the much vaster
cavalcade of images from all sides that are seen from the Internet
and other sources."

Perhaps this is somewhat off topic and too obvious, but I suspect that if 
this "cavalcade of images," etc. were showing that the invading forces were 
'winning' in Iraq, the polls would NOT show that a majority at home were 
opposed to the invasion of Iraq.  'Winning or losing' very largely determine 
war's acceptability for many.  And the sad thing is:  if the war in Iraq 
were to turn around, if the invaders were to be seen as 'winners', so the 
polls would turn.  'Winning and losing' here make temporary bedfellows, "Oh 
you're antiwar my dear, since when and for what reasons?"

Eugene Wyatt