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That page you linked to by lm (2.00 / 0) #74 Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:18:21 PM EST

According to that Wiki page, the largest single protest in the US was numbered at somewhere between 150k to 200k. Compare that to protests as large as 400k against the Vietnam War in 67 and 68, 600k in 69, and 500k in 70.

As far as Clinton and Obama, feel free to not take them at their word, but both have put forth concrete proposals to begin drawing down US troops as soon as they take office.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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Yes, aware of the numbers there . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #75 Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:42:57 PM EST

. . . and aware that they are smaller than the Vietnam ones. Hence, my initial comment that I am surprised that there are not more/larger protests now, despite similar approval ratings, a larger population, and supposedly better informed populace. I realise this is countered by no draft and less deaths for the invading army; but still, my opinion stands. The protests have been sizeable, but opposition has been well stifled considering the people's mood and situation, not mentioning the criminals in office directing things.

We'll see. Maybe.

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: opposition has been well stifled? by lm (2.00 / 0) #76 Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:55:09 PM EST

Not sure what you mean by that. In the Vietnam era, opposition to the war was stifled, sometimes at gunpoint. The few, sporadic incidents of escorting folks wearing protest tee-shirts out of a handful of events today barely compares to what some Vietnam protesters went through.
I suppose you can call the protests of the Iraq war in the US sizable, but given that there have been larger protests in nations ranging from Canada to Spain and Germany, and given that the protests in the US are less than a third of the size of the protests against Vietnam despite forty years of population growth, I'm not so certain that is a good assessment.
There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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