Of course, liking things the way they are is relative- nobody is ever completely satisfied with either the external world, or how he relates to it, but the unpalatable truth about the movement purportring to stop the war build-up is that most of them really dont want to change any of the things that are causing the war. The march on Saturday was noticable for a lack of anything which could be said to genuinely question the basic assumptions on which the modern world is based. So Bush and Blair are mocked in a mild fashion: of course! Nobody likes a poltician, but they were never there to be liked, and anyway, somebody must be voting for Blair, just as large volumes of people must have voted for Thatcher. Blair encapsulates the mentality of the New Conformists: a bit of roll 'n' roll, a bit of rectitude, a bit street-wise, a bit of career. In short, he is very much like they, and indeed he too was very keen on the peace movement in his younger days.
The whole movement exposes itself in its pointless constant bleating for the United Nations: an organization which now clearly has NO independent will outside of the USA cannot stop this war, and most of the New Conformists know it. How many of these protesters will be in line to take up seats in the parliament in 20 years time, talking wistfully and humorously of their 'radical' days back in 2002 ?