I guess I don't see the point of holding candlelight vigils to protest the war anymore. It's here already. I am too damn practical, my time is limited, and I won't flog a dead horse. Too many other things to do.
I see the point in praying, and demanding that all our soldiers get decent treatment (including disability and medical treatment when appropriate, unlike some other wars), and in preparing for a hard campaign for 2004. I realize this may sound callous, but the budget is something the conscientous can still affect, if we act quickly. Congress, for those who don't know, may not include the war in the budget *at all* (see, for example, yesterday's "Fantasy Budget" editorial on the Washington post webiste). I think this kind of madness will further sink our beleagured economy, hurt the poor and middle class, limit our options for dealing with N Korea, ad infinitum.
Am I furious about the war in Iraq? Yes.
But my options to affect the war's outcome are limited. So I intend to put my actions where they will do the most good. I will praise the military for being more sane than the presidency (so far, they seem to be truly making an effort to limit civilian casualties and generally be guys in white hats). I will vote (and campaign) for people who might get elected (i.e., a R or D) who will limit the patriot act, who will pursue diplomacy, who will remember that the economy isn't perfect right right now, who believes in things like habeus corpus, and so on.
-Elizabeth
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