You are exactly correct. They've preached "Vietnam" since day one of the Iraq war, much to the joy of the terrorists. If they think that they'll be able to get by with violent civil disobedience again, as they did in the 60's, they've got another thought coming. I'm certain that there are enough people in this country that are fed up with the path that this country has taken since the Johnson days.
I wonder how many of our men and women and how many Iraqis were killed, just because the Dems emboldened the terrorists.
I'm actually worried about this. Remember -- we don't get in the streets and in peoples faces like the leftists are wont to do. We have the guns and the numbers but we don't know how to use them, except at the ballot box. When people predict turmoil for this country, I just remember what it was like in 1968 with the assassinations, the black panthers, the SDS, the weathermen, the red brigades, the SLA, and who can forget the diabolical old PLO. Oh yeah, and Charlie Manson. And the Hells Angels.
Let the 60s stay in history. We don't need to go back there. Not one bit.
The street demonstrations of the late 60's were made possible by a powerful media which controlled the news, and the fear of the draft. Period.
We do not have a draft, and the MSM is much reduced in influence.
I speak as one who came of age in the 60's, and looking back on those years I realized how much I had been manipulated by the press and television, all the while thinking I was "informed." Until about 10 years ago I thought we LOST the Tet Offensive!
I distinctly remember cover stories from Time and Newsweek glorifying anti-war demonstrators, hippies, and the counter-culture. Remember how they tried to make Meathead the hero of "All in the Family?" "MASH" pushed the anti-war message every week.
It just isn't going to happen again. All of Howard's wishing won't make it so.