Well, of course your protests weren't going to stop the Iraq war from happening. But they helped, in a small way, to erode the consensus for pushing on as it became ever clearer that we were waist deep in the Big Muddy. The context for "The Surge" was already way different from the invasion, and from the Surge on, the only question was h…
Well, of course your protests weren't going to stop the Iraq war from happening. But they helped, in a small way, to erode the consensus for pushing on as it became ever clearer that we were waist deep in the Big Muddy. The context for "The Surge" was already way different from the invasion, and from the Surge on, the only question was how to get out without being too obvious about being driven out.
You named really well why I'm so retroactively proud of them. As you noted, the consensus was thick, the fog of war so real. And chipping away at that during that time did matter.
Well, of course your protests weren't going to stop the Iraq war from happening. But they helped, in a small way, to erode the consensus for pushing on as it became ever clearer that we were waist deep in the Big Muddy. The context for "The Surge" was already way different from the invasion, and from the Surge on, the only question was how to get out without being too obvious about being driven out.
You named really well why I'm so retroactively proud of them. As you noted, the consensus was thick, the fog of war so real. And chipping away at that during that time did matter.