My take on "war" protesters:
The ONLY thing they are against is a world order based on the United States of America model, IE Constitutional government with a bill of rights to protect the individual.
"Based on what", you ask?
Whatever one thinks about Viet Nam, whether or not we should have committed troops, the fact remains that our goal was to try and maintain an infant democracy, South Viet Nam, against the Soviet backed communism of the North.
So, Jane Fonda and company, Billy C at Oxford included, were supporting the advancement of communism, the antithesis of freedom and individual rights. It is laughable to expect that, had we just stayed out, that the "people" of Viet Nam would have decided for themselves. Yeah, at the point of Soviet bayonets.
Gulf War 1 it is at least intellectually honest to say "hippies" were protesting "blood for oil" as Bush 1 did not propose anything more than the maintenance of the status quo in the region. Ignoring the economic impact is another story.
The current threatened hostilities aimed at Iraq are expressly aimed at a regime change to, yes, protect our short term interests but also to very much create the opportunity for freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people and, maybe one day, the whole region, which is in our long term interest.
Same thing we are doing in Afghanistan.
So, hippies, as you are opposed to liberating a society and potentially and entire region, aka a “racist war” in your world view, what are your motivations?