[Peace-discuss] Support the new boss (same as the old boss...)?

[E. Wayne Johnson]

This surely hits the nail squarely on the head.

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [Dennis Perrin, who wrote "Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless 
> War" (I gave a copy to Mort, but I'm not sure he read it -- because, 
> if he had, he'd be even more upset with me...) and also wrote jokes 
> for Bill Maher (see his website at 
> <http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/>, here responds to a comment that 
> sees the Obama movement as positive for an antiwar movement. He (and 
> I, among others) disagrees. --CGE]
>
>     "Obama has inspired some idealism in people.  He won't deliver
>     on a lot of what he promises, but the movement around him
>     has created an aperture, a momentum that we can build upon."
>
> What "movement" are you talking about...? The movement to get him
> elected? Yeah, that clearly worked, but I keep hearing how the "left" and
> liberals in general are gonna put flame to his feet after he takes 
> office.
>
> And how, exactly, is that gonna work? There's no mass movement in this
> country, nothing like FDR faced in 1933. Obama already sold out his 
> supporters
> over FISA, not that most cared all that much or did anything about it. 
> And
> with the right wing acting crazy toward him, which will become a burning
> cottage industry over the next four years, liberals will be defending his
> administration, much like they did Clinton's -- only this time, I 
> think it'll be even more emotional.
>
> I do think that Obama will deliver on his promises to Wall Street, the 
> military,
> and police departments around the nation. And if I was an Afghan or 
> Pakistani, I would hope that Obama wouldn't deliver on his promises to 
> me.
>
> Dennis
>
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