Mark Phillips: The American Question

9/11/03: Year two.

1. The Iraqi people oppose American occupation and are evolving an increasingly effective resistance.
2. The puppet government imposed on Afghanistan is opposed by fractious warlords and a resurgent Taliban who are more popular and more pervasive than typically reported by U.S. news media.
3. Iraqi popular resistance has tied down the troops which Bush would have used to launch a "phase three" campaign, perhaps in Lebanon or Syria. The War on Islam is stalled in Iraq and Afghanistan.
4. The sharp ruling-class disconsensus over Iraq has muted since the spring, but continues to fester. The Dean and Kucinich campaigns are symptoms.
5. The Internet's promise as an organizing tool has emerged into mainstream cognizance, fueling MoveOn.org and the Dean campaign.
6. Osama Been Forgotten is still at large.
7. Opinion polls suggest that the neocon disaster in Iraq is of grave concern to the American public. Yet the antiwar movement has remained muted since the invasion.

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