Years of hate-filled anti war demonstrations now revealed not about war at all, merely elections-Politico

• George Bush burned in effigy. November 2004, San Francisco. via Zombietime.com

• 9/4, "Anti-war groups battle for survival," Politico by A. Phillips

"By 2008, the anti-war sentiment had fueled a surge in voter registration, while anti-war activists openly embraced

• Obama, whose early momentum was based largely on opposition to Iraq.

As Obama catapulted to the front of a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates, his criticism of the Iraq war motivated thousands of volunteers to hit the streets for him. In turn, Democrats and war-weary independent voters surged to the polls,

• pushing Obama, as well as down-ticket Democrats, into office....

Paradoxically, the anti-war movement has grown weaker even as public

• opposition to the Afghanistan war has grown stronger.

A recent Gallup poll found that 43 percent of those surveyed think the Afghanistan war was a mistake, compared with 30 percent in January 2009."

• 9/5, Five days after 'end' of Iraq war, US troops called back to battle, BBC

Anti war protest March 18, 2007, San Francisco
via zombietime.com

• via Gateway Pundit