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"They do not represent the peace movement," said Simmons.

Simmons is wrong on TWO counts.

(1)It is NOT a peace movement. They are decidedly PRO-Palestinian War (including some who vocally support the use of suicide bombers).

(2)They DO represent the anti-American War movement. I've seen plenty of communist, marxist, and anarchist banners at these left wing hate rallies. They hold up banners that say "I support our troops when they shoot their officers" and "I love NY more with out the WTC".

He's a useful idiot for siding with anti-American agitators.

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You nail it. Just as the Viet Nam era anti-war movement was not anti-war but pro-communist victory. The point was grasped by some early vocal critics of US involvement such as Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore who stated while he did not believe the Viet nam commitment was a vital national interest and was in that sense not ethically sustainable he was not interested in marching under any tyrant's flag.