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| Anti-War Activists Say Their Cause Is Not Dead |
| 2003-05-02 |
| EFL The Bush administration may say major military combat in Iraq is over, but U.S. anti-war activists say their fight is not. The war's over but they just can't give it up. Why don't they protest against World War One while their at it. "It's true that many people demonstrated with the hope that they would stop the war before it started, but there's another core group that believes that Iraq is simply one phase in an unfolding global imperial war drive by the Bush administration," said Brian Becker of International ANSWER, a coalition of groups that opposed the war. Operation Engulf and Devour. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The Evil Bush must be stopped! Before bombs fell on Baghdad, millions around the world protested the U.S.-led war in Iraq. After the conflict began, organizers shifted their focus to lobby against continued U.S. presence in the region, but activists now say they are also concerned Bush might send U.S. troops to other nations like Syria, North Korea, or Cuba. No Blood For Hummus! No Blood For Barnyard Grass! No Blood For Sugar! It's always something... Activists point to polls indicating about 30 percent of Americans opposed the war to show that the peace movement has a base of support in the United States. They also say they continue to be in contact with their international counterparts to coordinate global action. "People are talking about building on the anti-war movement to strengthen and grow the opposition to Bush and (Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and their plans for empire," said Washington lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard. "It's important the U.S. government not feel it has this ability to wage endless war." Just how deluded ARE these people? Several groups said they were regrouping and planning meetings on their next course of action. One group, United for Peace, is planning a mass "teach-in" day in Washington on May 31. OOOHH! Teach In! Cool! What, no Die In? I'm disappointed. Bush's declaration that major military operations were at an end should not be "a cause for euphoria, but a time to thank God that we are closing down the war phase and pray for work on the peace phase," said co-chair of the Win Without War Coalition, Rev. Bob Edgar. Edgar, also general secretary of the National Council of Churches USA, am umbrella group for 50 million people of various religions, echoed the sentiments of other peace activists when he said he was not concerned their movement had not stopped the war. Rev. Bob got the real good credentials. Does he get to fly around on the National Council of Churches private jet like the Elian Gonzales crew? "None of the prophets of the Old or New Testament ever had a majority," Edgar said. "Those of us who are people of faith have no trouble being in the minority. It's a matter of what's just and what's right." Gee, Rev. Bob. You almost made me feel guilty about being an evil right wing bastard. Note, I said almost... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #9 Saw a piece on Danny Glover lastnight(MSNBC,Scarbourgh Affair),seems that Bush is a racist(wonder what Connie and Colin feel about that),9/11 was the U.S.'fault,and it is American Policy that cause Castro to run a despotic,police state. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-05-03 09:20:15 |
| #8 I guess this is where the saying, "You and whose army?" has a most profound meaning. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-05-02 21:04:43 |
| #7 "Those of us who are people of faith have no trouble being in the minority. It's a matter of what's just and what's right." - Can I quote you in regard to the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election? |
| Posted by: Walpole 2003-05-02 18:50:41 |
| #6 These people aren't deluded, far from it. They are simply USING the issue of the Iraq war to win support for their own battle. They seek to challenge Bush/ institutional democratic America at every turn. Also the governments in their own countries. They get a sense of power from organising internationally (yeah it takes such BRAINS to have a website/email list and put up some posters and rent a megaphone/sound system...) anyway it gives them a thrill. They have an injured sense of entitlement. They believe the world owes them a living and a position of power. They don't want to work for this, they want to demand it. They feel like they should be the bosses but don't want to have to join the system for it. What they are in fact agitating for is their own advancement. They want to make the decisions but they don't want to have to win elections for it or take responsibility when those decisions are wrong. They are not taking responsibility now when they were proven wrong over Iraq, why should these clowns be treated seriously? Yet they will continue to organise and protest. again and again over any issue they can find, evolving mutating into more effective forms. They represent no cause but themselves. Socialism appeals to them and uses them but they are in it for their own sense of personal power and to get to direct things their way. No respect for democracy, no respect for the freedom of speech they make full use of. In fact I worry they will get so numerous they will start taking over and then woe be to the rest of us. |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-05-02 18:50:23 |
| #5 Its not dead yet, its just resting... |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2003-05-02 17:41:51 |
| #4 I don;t want to sound cynical but the peace phase began with the war phase. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-05-02 14:43:23 |
| #3 Yea, can't have Americans killing innocent Cubans...that's Castro's job. |
| Posted by: Thane of Cawdor 2003-05-02 14:06:23 |
| #2 There are "useful idiots" and "useless idiots". These are the latter. Unfortunately, Commies will never go away completely. I predict that when no more countries are attacked they will take credit for stopping the "imperialist Boosh". Why do the media pay any attention? |
| Posted by: Spot 2003-05-02 11:15:30 |
| #1 The cause is not dead... Neither is the search for the real killer(s) of O. J.'s wife. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-05-02 10:49:40 |