“There was a consensus that last year was not productive,†John Isaacs, executive director of Council for a Livable World, said of a meeting attended by a coalition of anti-war groups last week. “Our expectations were dashed".
Translation: "We are miserable failures."
The meeting, held at an office on K Street, was attended by around 20 representatives of influential anti-war groups, including MoveOn.org and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, which spent $12 million last year opposing the war.
How many poor illness-ravaged children could $12 million cure? How many homes for the homeless could $12 million buy? How much gold to pave the streets of New Orleans could $12 million buy?
Translation: "We're hypocrites."
“We got our heads together and decided to go a different way,†Isaacs said. “The consensus was not to keep beating our heads against the wall trying to block every funding bill — not because we don’t agree with it, but because we don’t have the votes.â€
They are trying to convince the public that their representative in congress are voting against the wishes of the majority of the Americans they represent. Of course, the opposite of that is the reality. These "antiwar groups" are the ones hell bent on denying the American people true representation.
Translation: "We don't really have the support we want you to believe we have."
The new strategy doesn’t mean that the groups won’t be active during budget battles. “The budget debates provide an enormously rich opportunity to engage the public,†said former Maine Rep. Tom Andrews of the group Win Without War. “We’re spending $8 [billion] to $10 billion a month.â€
As opposed to double that amount we are spending on greens fees, bingo cards, and casino trips so the "senior citizens" of this nation, the wealthiest demographic to ever occupy the earth, can enjoy useless retirement at the young taxpayer's expense.
Translation: "We don't know a damn thing about economics, but it sounds good, so we say it anyway."