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Martin Sheen leads anti-war rally
US movie star Martin Sheen led thousands of people in a rowdy protest march in Los Angeles against President George W Bush's plans for a possible war with Iraq. Hey! Lookitdat! It's a usual suspect! Sheen, who plays a fictional US president on the hit television show The West Wing, called for Americans to fight for a peaceful approach to the Washington administration's crisis centring on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "A lot of people have been silenced for a long time but that is ending," he said. Actually, they've been nattering since 9-11. People have been dismissing the nattering since then, too. "We are telling the world that we are patriotic Americans but we do not support going to war with Iraq." "It depends on your definition of patriotism, of course. But our definition includes giving aid and comfort to bloody-handed tin-hat dictators, so we're covered, right?" "From this time forth, may all our thoughts and deeds be a non-violent response to violence," he told the cheering crowd. Police sources said that up to 5,000 demonstrators chanting "no blood for oil" and "stop Bush now," took part in a protest march and a rally in front of government buildings in the west coast city's centre. In Gulf War I, some of the same people dressed up a broccoli, since Bush, Sr., had once mentioned that he was the President of the United States and if he didn't want to eat his broccoli he didn't have to. Sheen, a veteran anti-nuclear campaigner who was the main speaker at the rally, has been one of the most vociferous opponents in Hollywood to Washington's policy toward Iraq. It's being run by Republicans, after all... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-12 |
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