I'm going to side with Andrew (and even go beyond his point) and challenge Josh's simple assertion that "anti-war sentiment has been pretty effectively expressed through the conventional political process" presumably compared to the 60s when it wasn't effectively so channelled.

Except on one hand politics in the 60s and early 70s era reflected rising anti-Vietnam sentiment, while for all the supposed "effective" politics of today, the troops are still in Iraq with NO legislation even seriously proposed by the Congressional leadership yet to pull them all out.

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