Why aren't there more public protests on the War in Iraq, such as the ones witnessed during the Vietnam era?

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?

Why aren't there more public protests on the War in Iraq, such as the ones witnessed during the Vietnam era?
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.
Reply: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.
Reply:No leaders of the left. Back in those days the anti war crowd had credible leaders. Now they have whiners like Cindy Shehan and the democrats.
Reply:not the same war and not the same people in Vietnam we were taking over for the French and We didn't lose any one on our own soil as in the war on terrorism I'm


just amazed it didn't start sooner as I think it was 1968 when a bunch of terrorists attacked the Olympics in Germany
Reply:You can bet that if the draft were to come back there would be alot of protest going on. I don't see that happening anytime soon but you never know.


People are so self absorbed today that I seriously doubt they would even stop talking on their cell phones if Osama Bin Laden himself tapped them on the shoulder and stuck a dirty bomb up their as*.


All one has to do is read some of the trash that peple post in this Current Events area to get an idea where some peoples brains are. I mean really there are other catagories that they can post their crap in.


Thanks for letting me rant....I guess the trolls will really come after me now.
Reply:There's more on TV
Reply: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.
Reply:Where are you protesting we can meet you there.
Reply:No draft is the main reason.
Reply: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.
Reply:What has always struck me is the lack of songs about reflecting peoples anger about the war! Compared to the number of protest songs that were about relating to Vietnam.
Reply:Those 'hippy' days are long gone. Nowaday, everyone is too self-absorbed in their personal lives to care anymore.