Pasamba,

It is great you attended the march and people who oppose this war are urging
everyone to attend rallies in their towns ans cities. It is important to
remember that each single individual attending is what amounts to masses of
people.

You know, there have been  massive demonstrations overseas, especially in
Britain, France, Spain and other European locations and it is a shame how the
American media are colluding with the Bush administration in covering up
these anti-war events.
As usual, they always under-report the figures, but like the Vietnam war, the
cat will come out of the bag eventually.
During the height of the anti-Vietnam war rallies when college students
across America were literally at war with the police who tried to break up
these demonstrations, and the government, was under-reporting the number of
U.S casualties, the press was also in collusion with them. However, when all
the families who lost loved ones started comparing the figures of body bags
coming home, this deliberate mis-information was exposed and the public along
with the anti-war movement in this country put an end to that war.
Young people were leaving this country in masses because they did not want to
go fight in Vietnam. The Bush administration thinks this will be a war that
they can fight quickly, take over and get out, but the same was assumed for
Vietnam.

Eventually, they will probably have to re-institute the draft, and you should
hear what some of the young American have to say about that. If the
generation of the Vietnam war era was leaving the country in droves to avoid
going to war, this administration has an even bigger problem trying to send
the present generation to war, and especially since they want answers and
have not seen any.

If Bush and his people had to go to the front lines to lead this war, I bet
you they would not be quick to try to go heap murder and mayhem on innocent
people whom sanctions have already brought to destitution.
However, so long as the George Bush's of the World can send the sons and
daughters of other people to die for their agenda which in this case is to
settle a personal score for Bush, as well as greed for oil, and so long as
people are willing to let their sons and daughters go and serve as the
sacrificial lambs, this sort of thing will go on.
Thank God there are still people of conscience and integrity in the World.
The message on that  placard you saw is so right, "Silence  indeed means
compliance" and if people in the World are not outraged at this injustice of
bombing people to smithereens without any proven reason, then no one will
have a right to protest if this becomes standard practice.

Everyone has an obligation to protest this war, and you can do it by finding
the contact details of your local peace or anti-war movements and join them
in their efforts. Believe me, every town in America has one.
Did you know that a lot of city councils across the U.S have already passed
an anti-war resolution with regards to the impending war? You will not hear
that in the mainstream media.

George Bush let his mouth preceed him and he cannot back down for that reason
plus the bigger reason of seizing the Iraqi oil reserves, and attempting to
vindicate his father who waged the first Iraqi war and could not get rid fo
Saddam Hussein.
Why should other people's children have to go die for those reasons?
I say if Bush wants to vindicate his father, and make more money for his
friends, let them form an army and go take on Saddam themselves, and a lot of
parents feel the same way, and this is only the begining.

The people want to see proof that this war is necessary, and so far, the
administration has not been able to provide it. It amazes me that he is even
able to mobilize such a force to the Iraqi border without this proof. It goes
to show you that most folks never use their brains, and the rest see no
problem with America attacking another country unjustifiably so long as they
can have oil and hopefully alleviate the economic downslide the country is
facing and which they think a war will improve.

I guess George Bush is also having the  fun of his life  giving orders to
deploy troops, just like a kid in a candy store, but he has no idea what the
reality will mean to families across this country, and which in turn will
lead to the end of his presidency that was not even supposed to be.

The only winners in this war will be the oil mongers and the  people who
manufacture millitary weapons, and this administration is making sure those
guys make plenty of money from big orders to replace the hardware they will
detonate in their target practice on the Iraqis who these guys see as
insignificant people, less worthy of life than their own and rubble to be
cleared out of the way in their quest for material gain.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 1/18/03 4:57:32 PM Central Standard Time,
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>
> Sister Jabou,
>
> I was at the march. The attendance was more a 100,000. It was the most
> electrifying gathering i have ever attended. Despite the bitter cold the
> people where very enegized and determined to show Bush and his bunch that
> we oppose any war for oil. The speakers were great, and the placards were
> very eye catching. The banner that got me thinking was " SILENCE MEANS
> COMPLIANCE"
>
> I am very pleased to have attended such a powerful and dynamic gathering.
>
> Pasamba Jow
>
>
>
>

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