uber: i missed your post somehow...i am not sure that the antiwar left is particularly "loony" (unless you support the iraq adventure and think all opposition the same) nor do i think it singular.
that last seems to me a real problem: the antiwar movement is a loose collection of tons of small groups that appeals to a still-wider constituency which is not organized and not represented in any detail.
personally, i have been in a number of demos against the iraq war and understand then to be in general pretty blunt instruments during which all kinds of ancillary issues are brought up (by speakers, by groups) because i think the vast majority of those who do participate in such actions do not feel themselves represented AT ALL by the current political spectrum.
as for the international perspective on the american system: in a way i agree with you, in a way i dont. maybe i'll say more on this once i am not in the middle of cooking....
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