My great hope is that a new conglomerate of anti-war protesters emerge that are not part of Cindy Sheehan's generation but a coalition of people who are of age to have participated directly in the battles of today. College students, charismatic figures and the like are needed to spark a fire that spreads through the whole generation. The great orators and actors of the sixties still alive are now busy working to maintain and nurture the institutions that have resulted from their individual movements; despite the fact that the left is losing the war, we have won many battles. This is how the true spirit of a democracy of the likes we have never seen before hangs on to the edge of the cliff, clinging for life and maintaining hope that she will someday soon be rescued by the very people who left her there. It could be something less dramatic of course, but the point is the old vanguard is busy and unable to bring the passion needed to really take on the military industrial complex at home. It is a new day for them and the production of weapons of war are important to the economies of almost every state. The militarists are better and more powerful than ever. The street fighters are uninspiring to date, re-enacting scenes of protest using sophisticated rhetoric that make them seem all the more disconnected from the realities outside of their universities. Meanwhile the cities around them contain the remnants of black nationalist revolutionaries mixed with profiteers and a horrible kind of blood feud that leaves many like my friend Willeye dead for no good reason.

A fight against militarism is warranted. It is not a fight against the Obama administration or even a fight against Bush and his people. It is a fight against an institution that has long been too powerful and out of control. Viet Nam made the business of war and fighting Communism visible to the public who reacted with disgust. It was becoming clear to many Americans that dirty things had been done and were still being done in the name of our empire. Since then the underground movement has grown and moved into the electronic age. I feel optimistic about the fact that a new and fresh anti-war movement is brewing, though due to the actions of the current administrations it is currently holding back criticism of the current government. But it is well know among media circles that president Obama has continued most of the militaristic operations he inherited, and even increased the controversial predator drone strikes. Still the militant attitude built into our defense institutions is always ripe for attack and a President in this case can be heavily swayed by the public to follow through with certain demands. The end of combat missions in Iraq is a good start, but the war in Afghanistan not to mention the drug wars in Mexico and Columbia are devastating and brutal and many people consider them imperialistic. A new generation of war protesters with youth and passion and empathy for their brothers and sisters in combat is being trumpeted in. I do not know if making this request is cowardly or not, but I admire the courage of anyone who is truly inspired to build action due to the Wikileaks video they saw about the helicopter slaughter of civilians in Iraq. Greece's democracy was put in jeopardy by its military institutions. In the end Greece was hijacked by the military and imperialism defeated democracy.