Friday, April 08, 2005
This morning I found my way to this photo-essay on a Quakers anti-Iraq war demonstration in San Francisco last month, by someone who seems to be anti-anti-war.
Critics point out that Eyes Wide Open purports to honor the fallen servicemen in Iraq, while it actually uses the façade of supporting the troops to promote a hardline anti-war stance.
Much the same as critics might say that the right-wing media and government uses the façade of supporting the troops to promote a hardline pro-war stance.
Sure enough, in the tent that accompanied the exhibit, a series of large panels laid out the case against the war, using the usual litany of "facts" that the anti-everything crowd has repeated so often as to actually believe they're true.
This, under a picture of a billboard that states that no biological or chemical weapons have been found. Erm, we don't believe them to be true, no chemical weapons have been found! I'm sorry to break this to whoever wrote this, but the simple fact is the intelligence was wrong! It would seem that it's the anti-anti-war crowd who have repeated the 'yes there's WMD there!' argument so often as to actually believe they're true.
Still, at the bottom of the page he manages to find some anti-American graffiti so as to imply, with no proof as to who did it, that the Quakers who run this show and, by extension, anyone who is anti-war, is therefore pro-terrorism. Hmmm, such an argument has a whif of coloured footballs about it. Oh look...
Critics point out that Eyes Wide Open purports to honor the fallen servicemen in Iraq, while it actually uses the façade of supporting the troops to promote a hardline anti-war stance.
Much the same as critics might say that the right-wing media and government uses the façade of supporting the troops to promote a hardline pro-war stance.
Sure enough, in the tent that accompanied the exhibit, a series of large panels laid out the case against the war, using the usual litany of "facts" that the anti-everything crowd has repeated so often as to actually believe they're true.
This, under a picture of a billboard that states that no biological or chemical weapons have been found. Erm, we don't believe them to be true, no chemical weapons have been found! I'm sorry to break this to whoever wrote this, but the simple fact is the intelligence was wrong! It would seem that it's the anti-anti-war crowd who have repeated the 'yes there's WMD there!' argument so often as to actually believe they're true.
Still, at the bottom of the page he manages to find some anti-American graffiti so as to imply, with no proof as to who did it, that the Quakers who run this show and, by extension, anyone who is anti-war, is therefore pro-terrorism. Hmmm, such an argument has a whif of coloured footballs about it. Oh look...
