The peace movement is wearing the American uniform in Iraq

I saw the story today, “War protesters frustrated by apathy.”

It occurred to me that, more than five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, even the heavily Democratic press corps still doesn’t call those who oppose the U.S. military action a “peace movement.”

Reporters do take license to erroneously call the anti-victory crowd “anti-war,” but they can’t bring themselves to say “pro-peace.” That’s because they know better.

Against war? It’s seldom mentioned in front of the “war protesters,” but they aren’t against war. In fact, they favor a longer, bloodier war in Iraq, and more generations of genocide and oppression there. What they are against is U.S. aid to the side of democracy in Iraq.

The real anti-war movement in Iraq, the peace movement, is those U.S. forces taking risks everyday to secure that nation’s first democracy. History shows and everyone knows that democracy is the best chance for a lasting peace.

There is no peace without freedom. The “war protesters” still can’t figure that out.

Frank Warner