Even though the hard-core anti-American protesters are still plotting against this war (see my April 9 post), it certainly appears that the movement has lost its momentum.

The best evidence of that may be a recent announcement in Ithaca, New York:

Subject: April 12th DC Peace Bus Trip Cancelled

Greetings Peace-Loving People of the Greater Cayuga Basin...


The Peace Buses for April 12th have been cancelled.


Currently, people are seeking alternative actions to express their
dissent and opposition to this illegal, immoral, insane, unjustified,
unjustifiable, injust [sic], racist, greed-driven, violent, destructive,
horrible and deadly war.

Not enough tickets were acquired to make a bus trip possible.

To anyone who is unfamiliar with Ithaca, let me tell you: this is big news.

Ithaca is widely considered the most liberal city in America, even more liberal than Berkeley. It's so liberal, the leftists at Utne Reader voted it "the most enlightened city in America," and some conservatives (myself included) refer to it as "The City of Evil."

Ithacites protest at the drop of a hat (or beret).
They protest businesses.
They protest unemployment.
They protest sex crimes.
They even protest women having to wear shirts.

Ithaca is so ready for a protest that, as the local newspaper recently put it, "in most places, youngsters spend their summers camping, or at the mountains or the beach. In Ithaca, they learn how to become social activists"

In fact, less than a month, they were able, in a city of only 29,000 people, to get seven hundred and fifty hippies together to protest the war.

And now?

Protests are being cancelled for lack of interest.

If the people in the City of Evil, the most liberal city in America, have to cancel a protest for lack of interest, then I think it's fair to say that this war is, in fact, won.