Your last chance to vote against the war?

[mgc1961]

"Last year at this time, opposition to the Bush Administration's preemptive war in Iraq filled the streets of cities and towns around the world. While it obviously failed to preempt the preemption, still this was the largest prewar antiwar movement the world had yet seen and so a lot of people who came out to those rallies and vigils naturally hoped that this year's Democratic primaries would develop into the forum to challenge the Administration's foreign policy. And this seemed likely even a couple of short months ago, when Howard Dean was apparently poised to cruise and few imagined Senators John Kerry and John Edwards so quickly dominating the race. So, suddenly, with Edwards and Kerry having supported the war (however they may wish to characterize their votes now, they did vote to authorize it), there looms a distinct possibility that Super Tuesday could be the last chance to cast a meaningful antiwar vote in this presidential election cycle, making Representative Dennis Kucinich's continuing candidacy crucial. No candidate has made the antiwar argument more forcefully than Kucinich and with the current twist of the primary plot he now stands as a representative of two of the Democrats' forgotten antiwar majorities -- the 126-81 majority of House Democrats who voted against the war, and the majority of Democratic voters."

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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0301-03.htm

[emetzl]

1. here's the thing about wars

As long as they go on, there is another chance to vote against them and strive for peace

Unfortunately that's why politicians from both sides, and sometimes just plain people like ourselves, continue to discuss what needs to be done
instead of following through with it