California Conservative

Ralph Peters psychoanalyzes the anti-war protestors:

LAST weekend, 100,000 Americans protested in Washington, demanding that we bring our troops home now. It was a fascinating installment in our nation’s self-therapy craze.

Set aside the get-Bush-at-any-cost political hustlers, the earnest college students not yet seasoned by reality, the Jew-baiting free-Palestine detachments and the very few who have thought seriously about the war and found it lacking.

You’re left with the legions of Cindy Sheehan wannabes — meandering souls who, were they only capable of honesty, would be wearing t-shirts that read, “It’s not about the war, it’s about me!”
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It would be far easier to be sympathetic if a single spokesperson for the media-amplified anti-war movement laid out a convincing model of what would happen in Iraq or Afghanistan if our troops just came home.
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The reason no protester has described what would follow a withdrawal of our troops is that no one on the left can face the answers.

While that may be the reason for some anti-war protesters, I think there are two other major reasons:

1) They unrealistically believe that if the US would just butt out that everyone would suddenly get along and the bloodshed would end.

2) They don’t care what would happen. They only care about themselves and those across the street from them. Everyone else - oh well. At least it wouldn’t be Americans killing and being killed.

Peters has more to say and the column has a fine ending - well worth the annoyance of registering for the NY Post.

(Hattip: Tigerhawk)

Cross-posted at Boxer watch

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