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| 2003-01-19 |
| It is another day of protests in the nation's capital Sunday. Demonstrators plan to march from Farragut Square to the White House in protest of a possible war with Iraq. Some may take part in what organizers describe only as non-violent civil disobedience. Other protesters will march from the Justice Department to the White House. Tromp, tromp, tromp — "No blood for oil!" — Tromp, tromp, tromp — "Hurray for Sammy and screw Bush!" — Tromp, tromp, tromp... Tens of thousands rallied in the capital Saturday in an emphatic dissent against preparations for war in Iraq, voicing a cry — "No blood for oil" — heard in demonstrations around the world. To which the Kuwaitis replied when they got their country back: "Blood for freedom!" A rally in the shadows of Washington's political and military institutions anchored dozens of smaller protests throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In Washington, police said 30,000 marched through the streets, part of a much larger crowd that packed the east end of the National Mall and spilled onto the Capitol grounds. Tromp, tromp, tromp... Mill, mill, mill... Tromp, tromp, tromp... "We stand here today, a new generation of anti-war activists," Peta Lindsay from International Answer, the main organizers, exhorted the spirited masses in a biting cold. "This is just beginning. We will stop this war." I guess it makes Ramsey feel like he's accomplishing something to see his adoring fans in their numbers... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 VAMark: They're definitely better off now than they would have been if Saddam had not been driven out. I agree, however, that they're not better off than they were pre-invasion. We're going in in order to prevent attacks on us in the long run. Kuwait is more of a friend to us NOW, after GW-I, than they were pre GW-I: They're our main staging area now. We're not the types to look a gift horse in the mouth... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-20 06:50:53 |
| #5 With regard to Kuwait, we're talking comparatives. Compared to Iraq, Kuwait's very moderate. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-01-20 00:22:36 |
| #4 Well and good we got Sammy out of Kuwait in '91, but isn't "freedom" a bit of a stretch for the situation there? |
| Posted by: VAMark 2003-01-19 23:28:35 |
| #3 By some accounts the anti-Chavez demonstration in Miami was larger than the Anti-War protest in Washington and it got almost zero media coverage. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-19 22:34:36 |
| #2 Anon, live in DC for a while and you'll discover that we pay the Washington police to do ... well, nothing much. Ask any local about crime in the city and police responsiveness. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-01-19 14:03:25 |
| #1 I'm not sure I'm completly comfortable with 'Gulf War the sequel', but I DO understand and respect the US motivations (plus backing-off now would be terrible your credibility, which would be bad news for us europeans, even if we hate to admit so), and theses stoopid jerks are so self-righteous they make me nauseous. Btw, a small antiwar rally in Turkey ended with riot-cops beating people live on tv, turkish-style. What do you pay the Washington police for, I ask you ? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-19 13:19:31 |