"While the antiwar movement sought
to force alliances with GI's and military veterans, those efforts were
strained by class inequalities built into the draft system" (Patriots,
p.264).
The antiwar movement and GI's were fighting the "struggle of their times" and had more in common then they realized. They were both fighting against anarchy and for democratic principles. The antiwar movement was fighting to protect the GI from going to war and the GI's were angry with the antiwar men who were privileged enough to evade the draft. It was a monumental leap for the antiwar movement when Vietnam Veterans Against the War, began to protest with the movement. It bridged the gap between them and gave validity to the movements antiwar message. John Kerry's testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also helped the movement calling the war the "biggest nothing in history."