Repeating the mistakes of the past
Trying to revisit the some of the most egregious blunders of the past, "peace activists" are planning to demonstrate at RAF Lakenheath and other US bases in Europe against the supposed presence of nuclear weapons. Not content to have been on the wrong side of history in the 1980's, when they demanded unilateral surrender to the Soviet Union, the "peace activists" are determined to repeat their folly yet again. Apparently being on the wrong side of history once is not enough for them.
But the small expected attendance at the protests by the Appeasement Movement are yet another sign that these people are well and truly living in the past. Nostalgia for their heyday in the 1980's and the anti-American sentiment they rode back then drives them to the pavlovian response of blaming America yet again. Of course, protesting was a lot easier when they had the support of the KGB in the olden days. Now they have to make do on their own. Life is tough if you're an Appeasenik, even in Europe.
"The Web site also stresses that the protest is neither anti-American nor pro-American, or anti-Iraq or pro-Iraq." Of course, by all means, don't take sides folks. That might actually require thinking to lift yourself out of the morass of moral relativism. But it's such a nice morass to wallow in, isn't it?
Posted by qsi at October 06, 2002 12:41 AM
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