Tom Hayden: Iraq: Beyond the Horizon, The Storm

Drawing from his own experience during the Vietnam era, Hayden warns that as the anti-Iraq war position becomes more mainstream, it may also become more unwieldy, and prone to loss of focus: "We no longer are a huddling minority...We are immersed in the gradual soul-searching currents of the mainstream, where loss of direction is a constant risk." What’s more, he says, the heavy lifting necessary for a U.S. pull-out of Iraq still remains: "If the war itself was never going to be a cakewalk, why should ending it be any different?"

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