"And that there efforts could be better used if focused on other antiwar activities that can and do produce quantifiable results."

Like complaining on the internet? Come on, what do you think should be done? (And why aren't you doing it?)

And to the person who says we should protest China instead:

Of course it is easy to only engage in fair weather protests like the anti-China protests where the media is actually on your side. But as long as everybody is protesting other countries and not looking at the actions of their own, NOBODY will fix their own country.

Yes, what China is doing is wrong, but so is what our own country is doing and if everybody gives up opposing it just because it's easier to protest China, because the cops act like assholes if you protest your own country, or because the mainstream media tries to screw you every chance it gets, then this war will never end.

So, Go Protest China. Seriously, I'm all for it, and you seem to be too. China is doing a lot of nasty shit, and if you think you can stop them, go ahead. But don't criticize people who protest the war just because you don't think they're accomplishing something. There's one guaranteed way to accomplish nothing and that's too never try.

The problem isn't people like Jake, because whether or not they are doing everything right, they are at least doing something. The problem is all the armchair protesters who sit and home on their computer and complain that everyone else is doing things wrong but refuse to do anything themselves.

-Another protester