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Published on Thursday,
March 10, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
MoveOn.org:
Making Peace With the War in Iraq
by Norman Solomon
Sadly, it has come to this. Two years after the invasion of Iraq, the
online powerhouse MoveOn.org -- which built most of its member base with
a strong antiwar message -- is not pushing for withdrawal of U.S. troops
from Iraq.
With a network
of more than 3 million "online activists," the MoveOn leadership
has decided against opposing the American occupation of Iraq. During the
recent bloody months, none of MoveOn's action alerts have addressed what
Americans can do to help get the U.S. military out of that country. Likewise,
the MoveOn.org website has continued to bypass the issue -- even after
Rep. Lynn Woolsey and two dozen cosponsors in the House of Representatives
introduced a resolution in late January calling for swift removal of all
U.S. troops from Iraq.
That resolution
would seem to be a natural peg for the kind of kinetic activism that established
MoveOn's reputation. A movement serious about ending U.S. military activities
in Iraq could use the resolution as a way to cut through political tap
dances and pressure members of Congress to take a stand. Down the road,
generating grassroots support for a get-out-of-Iraq resolution has potential
to clear a congressional pathway for measures cutting off funds for the
war.
But, tragically,
MoveOn's leadership is having none of it. Over a period of recent weeks,
the word "Iraq" appeared on the MoveOn.org home page only in
a plug for a documentary released last year. Inches away, a blurb has
been telling the website's visitors: "Support Our Troops: Contribute
your frequent-flyer miles so that American troops can get home."
(But not stay home.) Many soldiers are returning to the killing grounds
of Iraq, while a growing number are vocally opposed to this war.
Why won't MoveOn
"support our troops" by supporting a pullout of our troops from
Iraq? "We believe that there are no good options in Iraq," MoveOn.org's
executive director, Eli Pariser, told me. "We're seeing a broad difference
of opinion among our members on how quickly the U.S. should get out of
Iraq. As a grassroots-directed organization, we won't be taking any position
which a large portion of our members disagree with."
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