More than a No Kings protest
The reporting of last week’s No Kings protests was superlative — but let’s be honest, it missed a critical truth. This wasn’t just an anti-Trump rally. It was, unmistakably, an anti-war protest.
Look at the signs. Listen to the voices. People are sounding the alarm about a war that is already causing devastation—and threatens far worse in the years ahead. Yet this reality is being downplayed or ignored. Why?
The public needs to wake up. War is not a slogan or a talking point—it’s a human catastrophe. It destroys lives, families, and futures. History has already shown us exactly where this road leads.
Vietnam: over 56,000 Americans dead, countless more Vietnamese lives lost—all built on lies like the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the discredited domino theory. Iraq: a war launched under the false claim of weapons of mass destruction, costing tens of thousands of lives.
“When will we ever learn?”
Right now, what’s finally getting people’s attention? Gas prices. That’s what it takes — higher costs at the pump — to spark outrage. Not the bombs. Not the deaths. Not the long-term consequences. Just the hit to personal finances.
But imagine this: what if American troops started dying in large numbers again? What if it wasn’t distant and abstract, but immediate and personal? A neighbor. A son. A daughter. Would that finally force people to question this war?
Reinstate the draft, and suddenly the stakes become real for everyone. During Vietnam, the draft forced Americans to confront the truth. It made the cost unavoidable—and it helped bring that disastrous war to an end.
Right now, too many people have their heads buried in the sand. There is no urgency, no critical thinking, no accountability.
Wake up, America.