Friday, August 19, 2005
IRAQ ERA VETERANS
Interesting news from the WaPo’s Dana Milbank:
They key for the antiwar movement is to use Sheehan as a symbol but not to make the movement about her. Last night was an effort to broaden beyond Sheehan to other parents. That’s why MoveOn told people to bring pictures of children even if they aren’t in the military, and organizers handed out stickers saying ‘mom’ and ‘uncle’ and so forth, even if the ‘son’ or ‘nephew’ wasn’t in Iraq.
Shouldn’t these protesters be outside of John Kerry’s place, seeing as he isn’t President? Maybe Vietnam Veteran Against the War Ward Reilly, who wasn’t in Vietnam, has a son or nephew who isn’t in Iraq; we must do more to not care about these people.