An insightful blog post by Richard Cummings on Lew Rockwell, on where the antiwar movement went:

“Your piece on global warming and the left is spot on. As they used to say in the Soviet Union (if you will forgive my invocation of them), it is “no accident” that Gore has diverted the left  from its anti-war position. This has been the tactic of Establishment liberalism for ages.   Earth Day itself was an attempt to divert the anti-war movement away from the Vietnam War.  As a person, Gore is dishonest.  I know this from personal experience.

Naive liberals have never understood the insidious nature of the liberal Establishment, which shares none of their goals.  It is totally cynical. The inner circle is hugely rich and lives incredibly well.  They buy stocks in defense companies and look down on blacks. They fear the downtrodden will rise up and take away their wealth and privilege, so they toss them crumbs from the state to keep them docile and pretend to identify with them.  The epicenter of these phonies is Goldman Sachs, a parasitic firm that got  bailed out by the government.  It plays both major parties for its own ends.”