The Anti-War/Non-Interventionist Movement - Making Progress!

in #anti-war8 years ago

     Originally posted on my website, TheLibertyAdvocate.com.

     Popular support for war is astoundingly low. This is a trend that the  media is trying to cover up and reverse. At the DNC a large group of  people started shouting “NO MORE WAR!” during a warmongering speech by  Leon Panetta, resulting in Panetta having to temporarily stop his  speech. Here’s the video:  

     Donald Trump, the most non-interventionist Republican candidate, got  the nomination. Gary Johnson, the (mostly) non-interventionist  Libertarian candidate, is getting a massive amount of support (the most  recent poll I found put him at 13%) for a third-party candidate. Trump  has criticized NATO and said that we were lied into the Iraq war.  Fifty-two percent of those interviewed in a Pew poll  say the United States “should mind its own business internationally and  let other countries get along the best they can on their own.” Just 38%  disagree with that statement. It’s so encouraging that so many people  are waking up to the reality that the USG’s foreign policy is immoral  and destructive (both economically and in terms of lives lost). Most  people don’t even know that non-intervention is an option, yet they  instinctively are drawn to the common sense of the position when asked. 

     Meanwhile, the war machine keeps on going, with the Washington  Establishment doing everything it can to make sure that they don’t get  crushed in the rising tide of public outrage against the  military-industrial complex ripping them off. There is a complete  disconnect between the corporate and political elites and the majority  of the public. War propaganda is on the news 24/7 while big-wig  congressmen and Pentagon officials are talking about “Russian  aggression”, the need to “rebuild” the military, and the “fight for  freedom” in the Middle East. Sooner or later, the warmongers will be  defeated, either when the government has gone completely bankrupt,  and/or when public opinion will be so against war that the Washington  Overlords will be so scared of the masses that they will have to end  their foreign policy of interventionism. This massive antiwar sentiment  that so many people have worked to achieve shows that fighting for  liberty can and is making a difference.