It seems to me that many (probably most) of the alleged anti-war protesters these days are not opposed to the war that Hamas is waging against Israel. If that is the case, then these folks are not anti-war. They are anti-Israel (and generally speaking, anti-west). Naomi Lakritz says it well (h/t to AlanP):
The Toronto Coalition to Stop the War had invited Galloway to speak on
March 30, but Immigration Minister Jason Kenney rightly refused to
exempt Galloway under the law. The coalition's website says: "Our
mandate is simple. We oppose war and occupation in Iraq and
Afghanistan. We oppose Islamophobia, anti-Arab bigotry and all forms of
racism." The phrase "all forms of racism" doesn't appear to include the
Jews in Israel. Genuine antiwar sentiment would deplore the actions of
someone who gives money to a group that advocates genocide. The
coalition's hyperbole about pursuing "a strong co-ordinated voice for
peace and justice" leaves some other people out of the equation,
too--the girls of Afghanistan who had acid thrown in their faces by the
Taliban for daring to go to school. The selectivity of these faux
peaceniks boggles the mind--yes, let's just stop the war this minute
and let the Taliban take the women of Afghanistan right back to the
Stone Age. Just whom are "peace and justice" really for?
Too bad (extremely disappointing and off-putting) that the current Afghan gubmnt recently passed a Taliban-like, sharia-type law that drastically restricts women's rights.