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Partisans frequently exploit this confusion, using terms such as ''peace'' and ''anti-war'' to imply that there's nothing worth fighting over with such violence, while downplaying or hiding their desire for one side to win.  

Partisans frequently exploit this confusion, using terms such as ''peace'' and ''anti-war'' to imply that there's nothing worth fighting over with such violence, while downplaying or hiding their desire for one side to win.  

Phrases like "opposition to the war" likewise are not meant as an even-handed condemnation of both sides (for violating pacifism). Rather, it was used as criticism towards one side's participation in the war which is being opposed. During the [[Vietnam]] war "anti-war" protesters would even chant slogans like "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! The [[NLF]] is gonna win!" In fact, "anti-war" movements from World War II onward, most notably during the Vietnam War era,<ref name="Vietnam">[http://culture-wars.com/the-vietnam-anti-war-movement-a-study-of-communist-tactics-in-america/ The Vietnam Anti-War Movement: A Study of Communist Tactics In America]</ref> most often were little more than fronts for Communist groups being directed and supported directly from the USSR;<ref>[https://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-communists-run-anti-war-movement/ AIM Report: Communists Run Anti-War Movement]</ref> those movements, populated by naïve and easily influenced youth being used as [[useful idiot]]s by the movements' leaders and supported by the [[liberal media]],<ref name="Vietnam"/> sought the disarmament of the United States and its allies, knowing all the while that the USSR and other Communist dictatorships had no intention of disarming themselves, and those movements were willing to use [[riot]]ing and other violent tactics and criminal behavior (such as during the [[Kent State protests]]) to achieve their aims (which, in fact, was goal #19 of the 1963 Communist goals for America<ref>19 - Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.[http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm]</ref>), while the USSR and allied countries that gave those movements covert support continued their aggressions against the free world.

Phrases like "opposition to the war" likewise are not meant as an even-handed condemnation of both sides (for violating pacifism). Rather, it was used as criticism towards one side's participation in the war which is being opposed. During the [[Vietnam]] war "anti-war" protesters would even chant slogans like "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! The [[NLF]] is gonna win!" In fact, "anti-war" movements from World War II onward, most notably during the Vietnam War era,<ref name="Vietnam">[http://culture-wars.com/the-vietnam-anti-war-movement-a-study-of-communist-tactics-in-america/ The Vietnam Anti-War Movement: A Study of Communist Tactics In America]</ref><ref>[http://historyhalf.com/vietnam-war-part-ii-the-%e2%80%9cpeace-movement%e2%80%9d/ Vietnam War, Part II – The "Peace Movement"]</ref> most often were little more than fronts for Communist groups being directed and supported directly from the USSR;<ref>[https://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-communists-run-anti-war-movement/ AIM Report: Communists Run Anti-War Movement]</ref> those movements, populated by naïve and easily influenced youth being used as [[useful idiot]]s by the movements' leaders and supported by the [[liberal media]],<ref name="Vietnam"/> sought the disarmament of the United States and its allies, knowing all the while that the USSR and other Communist dictatorships had no intention of disarming themselves, and those movements were willing to use [[riot]]ing and other violent tactics and criminal behavior (such as during the [[Kent State protests]]) to achieve their aims (which, in fact, was goal #19 of the 1963 Communist goals for America<ref>19 - Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.[http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm]</ref>), while the USSR and allied countries that gave those movements covert support continued their aggressions against the free world.

Even during World War II, there was anti-war during the first 26 months of the war within America, mostly due to the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that had occurred during that time. However, as soon as [[Operation Barbarossa]] happened, the so-called "anti-war" protestors eagerly supported American involvement in World War II overnight, evidently due to their support for Stalin.

Even during World War II, there were anti-war movements in operation during the first 26 months of the war within America, mostly due to the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that had occurred during that time, which saw [[CPUSA]]-backed left-wing protestors involved with those movements actively supporting both Nazi Germany and the Communist USSR while undermining American support for the [[United Kingdom]] and other countries under Nazi attack,<ref name="Peace WWII">[http://historyhalf.com/why-no-peace-movement-in-wwii/ Why No "Peace" Movement in WWII?]</ref> while in [[England]], Communists in that country aided covertly in the Nazi attacks on their own country by spying on the British military and sending information on them back to the [[Kremlin]] in [[Moscow]].<ref name="Peace WWII"/> However, as soon as [[Operation Barbarossa]] happened, the so-called "anti-war" protestors eagerly supported American involvement in World War II overnight, evidently due to their support for Stalin.

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