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robotech_master) wrote2003-03-21 05:21 pm
robotech_master) wrote2003-03-21 05:21 pm
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So, anti-war demonstrators are demonstrating all over the place, trying to shut things down and "interrupt business as usual."
On the one hand, I have to respect them for sticking to their beliefs to such an extent...but on the other hand, I can't help but think this is counterproductive. The war's happening. It's a fact. All the protests in the world won't change that. Like it or not, we're committed; we're going through with it. If we pulled out this very instant, we'd just come under more flak for starting something we weren't going to finish.
It seems to me that all this effort might be better placed petitioning for decent amounts of money to be set aside for the humanitarian aid that all this war is going to make vitally necessary. Whether you're pro- or anti-war, nobody wants the people we're rescuing to starve to death.
On the one hand, I have to respect them for sticking to their beliefs to such an extent...but on the other hand, I can't help but think this is counterproductive. The war's happening. It's a fact. All the protests in the world won't change that. Like it or not, we're committed; we're going through with it. If we pulled out this very instant, we'd just come under more flak for starting something we weren't going to finish.
It seems to me that all this effort might be better placed petitioning for decent amounts of money to be set aside for the humanitarian aid that all this war is going to make vitally necessary. Whether you're pro- or anti-war, nobody wants the people we're rescuing to starve to death.