{"id":19586,"date":"2010-06-29T17:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T21:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19586"},"modified":"2010-06-29T17:44:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T21:44:31","slug":"swanson-still-whining-about-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19586","title":{"rendered":"Swanson still whining about the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, I caught mighty communist David Swanson whining<\/a> about MoveOn and TrueMajority, Leftist organizations which had previously opposed the Republican war, now they were silent while Democrats occupied both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Well today, on War Is A Crime<\/a> he expands his list of organizations who previously opposed the war but no longer;<\/p>\n

1. Organizations that opposed wars when Bush was president but don’t now:<\/em>
\nCampaign for America’s Future, the Center for American Progress, DailyKos, Democracy for America, Moveon.org, National Organization for Women, Open Left, the Out of Iraq Caucus, the Progressive Caucus, the Network of Spiritual Progressives, Talking Points Memo, True Majority.<\/p>\n

2. Organizations that still opposed war funding in 2009 but not now:<\/em>
\nAlternet, The American Friends Service Committee, The Backbone Campaign, Calitics, Declaration of Peace, Docudharma, FireDogLake, The Hip Hop Caucus, Humanists for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, The Nation, The Out of Iraq Blogger Caucus, Peace No War, The Urban Journal, The Young Turks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, first of all, War Is A Crime.org changed their name from After Downing Street.org – that was clearly a reference to the Downing Street Memo<\/a> which was supposed to be proof of some sort malfeasance on the part of the Bush Administration. Last i checked, we’re still in a time that is after the Downing Street memo, so why the name change, Dave, since you’re a founder?<\/p>\n

Notice in his list #2 Swanson includes the IVAW probably because he recognizes that IVAW is an impotent group of non-war veterans who are more concerned with getting out of debt than any real opposition to the war. Well, other than hanging a banner in an empty building in Detroit or alienating most of the real veterans in this country by burning a flag without apologies.<\/p>\n

Winter Soldier was the closest thing to an effective campaign IVAW has assembled. What do they have now? Matthis on a cross-country bus tour talking with high school kids about things he knows nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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