There is no issue in America getting more ink today than the Bush administration’s relentless push for war with Iraq. The debate goes something like this: One side says Saddam is evil and unstable, he’s developing weapons of mass destruction, and he has ceaselessly flouted the agreement he struck with the international community after the last U.S. war.
On the other side, what? The Democratic leadership seems to have chosen possible war over peace. The usual peace movement is struggling in the face of White House momentum, and the speed of developments, unsure what exactly to oppose.
Doctrines, tactics, all or nothing? Every American war has spawned a peace movement, so how will this one stand in shifting sands?
Guests:
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Peter Lems, the American Friends Service Committee’s coordinator for the Iraq campaign
Leo Ribuffo, professor of history at George Washington University.