Originally posted at My Left Wing
It occurred to me, while protesting this optional war, that we leftists really aren't that good at these kind of fights. I mean it's all too clear that the Democrats we just helped elect don't want to challenge the Empire, they just want to manage it better. At some far of future date they might stop the killing, if we're lucky. Right-wingers would not be so patient.
"What would the Christian conservatives do, if they were fighting against this war?", I asked myself.
Answer: They would stage an "Operation Rescue" in front of every military recruitment office in the country, and every Blackwater building where they hire our mercenaries. They would bring pictures of corpses. Iraqi corpses. American corpses. Wounded veterans missing half their bodies. Little blown up children. They would challenge the footsoldiers in the war to think about what they're signing up to do. And they would make bumper stickers. Like these:
Bombing An Iraqi Stops a Beating Heart
Killing a person is forever. Think hard before you go.
