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October 26, 2002
Support for the War
Support for the War
I'm perusing the latest Fox News poll, and notice that 67% of those polled support the war on Iraq. Which started me wondering how the protest march against the war went today in D.C. CNN main page headline reads "Thousands protest war with Iraq." Scheduled speakers included the usual suspects:Speakers and participants in the Washington rally were to include former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of the Archdiocese of Detroit; the Rev. Al Sharpton, actor Ossie Davis and singer Patti Smith.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but how many protestors showed up?
Dozens of organizations and individuals have endorsed Saturday's march and rally.
Well color me underwhelmed. But wait, the anti-war protestors have a website.
Over 200,000 + demonstrators in Washington, D.C. at the International A.N.S.W.E.R. organized March in Washington to Stop the War in Iraq.
Huh? Dozens = 200,000+?? Y'all are using that new progressive relativist math, aren't y'all? You know, the one where there's no wrong answers as long as you feel good about yourself for your "creativity."
Thousands will die needlessly unless the people stop this war drive. I join with millions of people who believe that the $200 billion planned for war against Iraq should be spent instead to fund jobs, education, housing, health care, child care, assistance to the elderly and to meet people's needs.
Hey, I have an overwhelming need to not be murdered by terrorists. Doesn't that count? I mean, if I'm dead, I really don't need all that other stuff that you're so worried about me having. (Of course, I can still vote, this is Arkansas, land where Dems see dead people.) Oh, cool, I can clink on the little button and vote on the war. I'll just do that and tell y'all I don't want to be murdered. What the....??
A war of aggression violates the United States Constitution, the United Nations Charter, and the principles of the Nuremberg Tribunal. It violates the collective law of humanity that recognizes the immeasurable harm and unconscionable human suffering when a country engages in wars of aggression to advance its government’s perceived national interests.
Glad y'all recognize that, Iraq's sho' 'nuff done all that and worse....wait a minute, y'all are talking about the U.S. *shaking head sadly* Mmm, mmm,mmm, Dear Lord, y'all are just ignorant.
And what's with having only one choice for which to vote? This is a democracy (well technically a representative republic), I'm entitled to a choice. I demand another choice besides this idiocy:
The U.S. Congress did not represent me when it voted to authorize George W. Bush to carry out an illegal war against Iraq.
Thousands will die needlessly unless the people stop this war drive. I join with millions of people who believe that the $200 billion planned for war against Iraq should be spent instead to fund jobs, education, housing, health care, child care, assistance to the elderly and to meet people's needs.
What's the matter, afraid of the final results if you offer a choice that supports the war? Sounds an awful lot like another vote I've read about recently.
*Yawn* I think y'all have a serious legitimacy problem.
UPDATE: Rueters has this on the crowd estimate:
Police did not give an official estimate of the size of the crowd in Washington. Tony Murphy, an organizer of the event, told Reuters 150,000 people participated. Other observers put the figure between 40,000 and 50,000. (Link via the Professor)
It's that new math thing again. Buried down at the bottom of the story is this interesting little snippet:
About 500 Iraqi exiles came to Washington to show support for efforts to remove Saddam from power.
Tamir Musa, an Iraqi who has lived in Michigan for 10 years, said, "The war is good if it goes to kill Saddam Hussein. He has a lot of bombs. He's terrorist number one."
The Professor also has this link to some photos of the Iraqi pro-war supporters, and more on the lack of media coverage of this.
Posted by Rita at October 26, 2002 09:43 PM