re: peaceniks are useful idiots. I'm surprised that in support of the 'useful idiots' claim reference had to be made to Lenin and Stalin. It has been well documented that all totalitarian regimes have a policy to remove/destroy all thinking people, the 'useful idiots', and elevate the peasant. Pol Pot (killing fields) and Mao (cultural revolution) used this technique to great effect to further their own schemes whilst bringing their countries to their knees.
