Anti-war vs. Anti-THIS-war

A good essay by Bob Harris, We should hold off on celebrating, about not counting Rep. Murtha's opposition to the Iraq "war" before it hatches.

Thus, opposition to the war in this country only counts for anything when it comes from people who have already been vocal supporters of an irrational war based on obvious lies resulting in inevitable mass killing...

What about the people who were right all along? What about the ten million people who marched in the streets of cities all over the world before this shit ever started? No credibility. Obviously.

Would Martin Luther King have a place in the discussion? No. Would Jesus, whom millions of people who support incredible levels of violence flatter themselves by pretending to worship? No. Of course not.

...There are still numerous fundamental and false assumptions at the riverbed of the American mainstream. These are nowhere near changing. Washington's foreign policy is still inherently presumed "good," meant only for the welfare of the affected peoples, despite a complex historical record. Military spending, no matter how wasteful, no matter what else gets cut to pay for the waste, inherently makes America "stronger," because "strength" is defined by our ability to project our will upon others, not by the health and welfare of our people. Each war occurs in isolation from all past events; Bush's support for the Taliban, Rumsfeld's handshake with Saddam, CIA support for the fundamentalists who morphed into Al-Qaeda have nothing to do with our current situation. History itself is worse than useless; not only are there no lessons to learn, but simply knowing it and pointing it out still frequently brands one as unAmerican.

Read all of Bob Harris' We should hold off on celebrating.