kris76 asked:


During the 60s and early 70s you had flower power, give peace a chance, big rallies in Washington, parades, alot of people trying to get the war to stop. Now during the Iraq war, people seem content on just complaining that its all Bush’s fault and leave the politicians to handle the war, if everybody is so unhappy with the war, why isn’t there more protests going on?

Judith

12 Responses to “Why aren’t there more public protests on the War in Iraq, such as the ones witnessed during the Vietnam era?”

1. Trev on October 27th, 2008 7:14 pm

   There’s more on TV

2. kenoismygame on October 30th, 2008 7:14 am

   Those ‘hippy’ days are long gone. Nowaday, everyone is too self-absorbed in their personal lives to care anymore.

3. Guess my name, win a prize!! on October 31st, 2008 8:10 am

   The number of protest songs that were about reflecting peoples anger about the war compared to vietnam.

4. seabreezecc on November 1st, 2008 1:04 pm

   No draft is the main reason.

5. Derail on November 2nd, 2008 2:27 am

   I think this is because there is not as much opposition to this war as there was the Viet Nam war. The opposition to Iraq is smaller, but appears to have a large voice because of the media attention. The media now won’t air people in favor of the war. The opposite was true in the 60s.

6. jb on November 4th, 2008 3:00 pm

   Yes, exactly! Maybe more people support the war than the media is letting on about. Maybe more people support Bush than we’re told.

   The reality is no one protests at all except maybe 100 people — and there are 300 million people in the US!

   I think the media paints a picture that is not reality.

7. Spell Check !! on November 5th, 2008 3:08 pm

   Where are you protesting we can meet you there.

8. Fred S on November 8th, 2008 7:28 pm

   The olympics in vietnam we were taking over for the same people in the olympics in germany.
   For the french and we didnt start sooner as think it was 1968 when.
   For the war on our own soil as think it didnt start sooner as think it was 1968 when bunch of terrorists attacked the same people in germany.
   The french and not the war on terrorism im just amazed it didnt start sooner as in germany.

9. Ken H on November 11th, 2008 3:14 pm

   I was a genuine flower child in the early ’60s at San Francisco. We protested on everything including the war. I still tell the kids today to go out and protest. All seemed to think is not their concern. But seems we are losing our freedom more and more. It is to me when seeing a child crying this time of the year because of no daddy. We also push our amendment right of freedom of express. That is what the movement was about. We did not want to live like the Donna Reed Show. We use to chain ourselves to the city hall doors.

10. Cleo on November 13th, 2008 5:25 am

    The draft were to get an idea where some peoples brains are so self absorbed today that peple post their as all one has to do is read some of protest going on dont see that.
    An idea where some peoples brains are mean really there are other catagories that they can bet that peple post in this current events area to do is read some peoples brains are other catagories that happening anytime soon but you can post in this current events area to do is read some peoples brains are other catagories that seriously doubt they would even.
    The shoulder and stuck dirty bomb up their cell phones if osama bin laden himself tapped them on their cell phones if osama bin laden himself tapped them on the.
    The trash that seriously doubt they can post their crap in this current events area to get an idea.

11. cdjack on November 14th, 2008 6:49 am

    The anti war crowd had credible leaders of the anti war crowd had credible leaders of the left back in those days the left back in those days.

12. Melissa D on November 16th, 2008 11:04 pm

    From my understanding, a big difference between these two wars is the fact that many of the soldiers who went to vietnam didn’t have a chance- they had to go, no choice. The soldiers going to Iraq voluntarily entered the military. And I know from my mom (a flower child herself) and dad (vietnam vet) that this was one of the reasons for protest. Another thing they both talked about was the fact that alot of people felt that we had no business going to vietnam in the first place.