Depressing
Via American Leftist, I’ve just discovered this nonsense from Medea Benjamin:
> We’re marching because the war in Iraq is undermining the capacity of
> the US military. The military has been unable to reach its recruiting
> goals for months now, because young people don’t want to be sent off to
> fight in a war they don’t believe in.
If the ‘leaders’ of the anti-war movement are coming out with this kind of ‘loyal opposition’ crap, it makes me pessimistic about the possibility of getting a serious anti-war movement going in this country (though there are other things which make me a little more optimistic).
I discovered today that an acquaintance of mine, who joined the Reserves to pay his way through medical school, has been called up. Oh, I’ll support him, of course: me and some closer friends of the guy in question were discussing today possible ways to help his wife and kids; in the unlikely event that he decides to avoid military service, I would certainly be willing to help as much as I can with that, as well (and the flipside of anti-recruiting agitation ought to be a support network for those going AWOL).
But this practical work to mitigate the effects of the war should, obviously, not be confused with agreement with the war or with my acquaintance’s choice to serve in the military (the guy is placed in a terrible position, of course, and one can sympathize with that. But he _has_ made a choice). The anti-war position remains, we support our troops when they shoot their officers.
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