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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:19 PM
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Poll question: Will the Sept 15 antiwar protest do anything signifcant to end the Iraq war?
Will the Sept 15 antiwar protest do anything signifcant to end the Iraq war in the next 6 months to a year?

If no, then what will end this war?

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cosmik debris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:20 PM
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1. The war will not end while Bush is in office. n/t
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:25 PM
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2. And even after.Too late.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:26 PM
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3. IMO, large and centralized protests are no longer useful 'cept for giving people a chance to network
actually, knowing you're not alone and being with lots of like minded people is very powerful.

But not directly effective in forcing change.

Not in this day and age.
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:28 PM
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4. Yes,Yes,Yes.................. I love saying that. Can you imagine
all that energy with one thought coming together...... Amen-Bring them Home.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:32 PM
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5. Let's all vote "No" so we can feel superior for not wasting our precious time, OK?
After all, we gotta keep our valuable powder dry. Right? Right?

(Let's not forget our precious juices, either.)
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:34 PM
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6. unfortunately, no, but it is still an important statement to congress,
history, and the world at large. we aren't all sheep. there is dissent
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Gretchen Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:48 PM
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7. The draft.
When middle and upper class kids get drafted, (including those at universities), I think things will change a lot.
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spag68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:57 PM
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8. I voted no
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 11:57 PM by spag68
and I'm going. Unless as many people show up as showed up for the nam protests, it won't work. The draft is the only thing that can change the equation of a war pres. with absolute power.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:19 AM
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9. What will end the war? No more KBR employees. No more guardsmen
reporting for duty. A dem Congress with a spine might help, too.

Suppose you worked in factory. If no one showed up for work, how much product could you produce?

Merkans have to stop producing war product.
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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 02:22 AM
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10. So far it looks like most people see this protest as a networking and anger release exercise
Edited on Sat Sep-08-07 02:24 AM by liberaldemocrat7
and nothing more than that.

So these protests have some value. Meeting people appears very good and getting out the anger appears very good also.

As long as you don't expect to end the war have a good event.

As a student of history, boycotts brought the British and South African National party down.

As for ending the Viet Nam war, it took the Democratic congress to end it when Democrats finally got the courage to do so.


If everyone in the general public who really wants to end this war called General Electric and demanded so, I truly believe this war would end.


After seeing many protests over the last 4 years I will just take this next one with a grain of salt to end the war.

Sigh, just another protest. Ok let's move on.

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