However there are certain types of conservatives that are strongly anti-war: 1) non-interventionists 2) segments of the libertarian movement, the latter strongly against the homeland security measures as well. Antiwar.com is a fountain of antiwar information even though it is wholly opposed to leftist ideas. Some of these groups link left-liberals with interventionism for "humanitarian" reasons and see this as a crock. Arent they right? There seem to be quite a few conservatives who just dont see that there is good evidence to justify an attack. They just havent lost their marbles completely and realise that the threat of Hussein to the US is marginal to put it mildly.
Cheers, Ken Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:55 PM Subject: [PEN-L:36102] Re: The Bush Folks, was Re: Clash of Currencies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Ellen Frank wrote: > > > >> the Bush folks > > > >If this war was only the war of "the Bush folks" it would not be > >occurring. > > >Attacks on Bush personally or on "The Bush folks" are, > > I think, mostly > > >propaganda for a milataristic Democrat in the white house in 2004. > >The key question is not why the bush folks went to war. The key question > >is why the ruling class and the democratic party are lining up behind > >the war. > > You have a good point, but partly I think people line up > behind the war because (1) war is popular with the public > and wartime presidents always see a surge in their approval > ratings; (2) those who openly oppose war risk being > branded traitors and enemies of our troops and so risk > losing elections or having their products boycotted (witness > the Dixie Chicks; (3) principled anti-war opposition is associated > with leftish, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist positions, so is > suspect in the mind of conservatives in any case. This is not > to say that there are no material interests at stake in this war > for the ruling class, as Carrol suggests. I just have a hard > time seeing what these are -- aside obviously from oil. > > Ellen > > > > > > > > > > >
