I’ve always enjoyed John Stossel‘s reports and reporting. In a new column, he poses a good question: Since the wars in the Middle East have been cranking up and not down, why aren’t there more and bigger anti-war protests?

Here’s what he said:

>>Where Did All The Anti-War Protestors Go?

The anti-war movement was all over the news before President Obama was elected. But apparently they weren’t really anti-war … they were just anti-President Bush. Two college professors just released a study of national protests between 2007 and 2009. What did they find?

… After January 2007, the attendance at antiwar rallies [measured in] roughly the tens of thousands, or thousands, through the end of 2008.

… After the election of Barack Obama as president, the order of magnitude of antiwar protests dropped […] Organizers were hard pressed to stage a rally with participation in the thousands, or even in the hundreds. For example, we counted exactly 107 participants at a Chicago rally on October 7, 2009.

Amazing. Especially because the war in Afghanistan ramped up after Obama was elected. American fatalities shot up in 2009 and 2010.

The protesters have remained silent over Libya.

And I’m struck by the hypocrisy of the supposedly “anti-war” politicians who voted against Iraq, like Nancy Pelosi. Since Obama was elected, she has voted to continue the war in Afghanistan … and supported the attack on Libya.<<

Is it more that the “correct” person is in charge of the wars than the war itself? It sure is something to consider.

Since I don’t want to get into the debate about the justifications for and/or against war, I thought I’d include a video about the musical group named War, and the song they perform that I enjoy the best, “Cisco Kid.”

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