[andyfox]

"I have no doubt your motives are pure"

Thanks, but you'd be wiser to doubt. [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

I can't speak for others, but I'm much more concerned about what I perceive as my own government's shortcomings than those of other governments. Wrong or right, I marched against American involvement in Vietnam; I did not march against Soviet involvement in Afghanistan. This had nothing to do with my favoring communism over capitalism or being more of a fan of the Soviet Union than the United States. My sense is that this is behind the current protests here in the U.S.

To say that the protests against the upcoming war are shortsighted can be argued. To say that they're Maoist or Stalinist at their core, is laughable. Left of center does not equal Pot Pot, Ms. Noonan's claim to the contrary notwithstanding.