[Peace-discuss] Liberal support for war

[C. G. Estabrook]

David Swanson writes about this position:

"We have citizen frauds too. These are organizations that, like fraudulent 
Congress members, acted as if they opposed wars when it didn't much matter, when 
the government was run by Republicans dedicated to continuing wars. These are 
blogs and organizations that put the Democratic Party's positions ahead of 
what's good for the country or the world or -- I would argue -- even the 
Democratic Party. They did not lift a finger to oppose this war supplemental: 
Campaign for America's Future, Center for American Progress, Democracy for 
America, Moveon.org, Talking Points Memo, and True Majority.

"Of course the bulk of Congress and the bulk of civic organizations are not 
mentioned here at all because they are proud war mongers or they are groups that 
never involve themselves in the struggle for peace even when it's safe to do so. 
The worst offense is not necessarily hypocrisy. The worst offense is promotion 
of militarism. But hypocrisy can fool you if you don't focus your vision on 
it..."  <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/43479>


David Green wrote:
> /An example of the liberal pro-war mentality from local Ed Prof Nicholas 
> Burbules' "Progressive Blog Digest" & friends; i.e., he chooses to 
> highlight Republican hypocrisy rather than Democratic support for the 
> war (because, I guess, he's for the war, or he's for anything that Obama 
> is for): 
> / 
> Remember when it was a monstrous crime against our troops to reject 
> military funding bills for partisan political reasons?
> 
> http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/flashback-boehner-attacked-obama-and-hillary-for-voting-against-a-war-funding-bill.php
> 
> http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/06/gop-vs-troops
> 
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