|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Register | Video Directory | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Games | Today's Posts | Search | Chat Room |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Anti-War Protests are Back!
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentSe...=1012571727162 _______________ Anti-war campaigners in US start to make their voices heard By James Harding in Washington Published: August 22 2003 20:10 | Last Updated: August 22 2003 20:10 The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism marks the beginning of a new season of anti-war protest on Saturday with a fresh message: "Bring the troops home now!" At the end of a week in which the bloodshed in Iraq has spread doubts about the wisdom of President George W. Bush's "Bring 'em on" taunt to the enemies of America, the anti-war lobby is embracing a slogan it thinks will strike a chord with an increasingly anxious US public. "We think it is outrageous that this country was lied to and now people are risking their lives for a failed policy," says Andy Thayer of the Chicago Coalition, the campaigning group that is organising a rally at the city's Federal Plaza today. Mr Thayer and many of his fellow marchers have been opponents of the war in Iraq from the start. However, the misgivings have spread in Middle America, as the focus has shifted away from the principle of toppling a dictator to the reality of a long-term deployment in a dangerous land. An opinion poll published this month by the Pew Research Centre showed those who said the military operation in Iraq was going very well falling to 19 per cent from 61 in April. Zogby International, another polling goup, put out a survey this week showing Mr Bush's approval rating at 52 per cent, around the same as just before the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. At its subsequent peak, his approval rating hit 82 per cent. The White House struggled this week to match Mr Bush's portrayal of his foreign policy achievements with the scenes of carnage in Iraq and Israel. Mr Bush said just before he headed to Texas for a month that the US was making progress in dismantling al-Qaeda, seeing advances in the Middle East peace process, and said: "Conditions in most of Iraq are growing more peaceful." The terrorist attacks in Iraq and Israel on Tuesday, killing together nearly 50 people and injuring more than 180, illustrated the risks associated with the twinned ambitions of remaking Iraq and, in the process, creating the conditions for a lasting settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. As the president begins to campaign for re-election on his record as a strong leader on national security, the bomb attacks also demonstrated the political risks for Mr Bush of choosing war in Iraq and putting himself at the centre of the argument in the Middle East. The deaths of two more US soldiers in Iraq yesterday, following the bombing of the UN compound on Tuesday and an attack on the Jordanian embassy earlier this month, have forced the White House to defend Mr Bush's recent challenge to foreign terrorists seeping into Iraq and Saddam Hussein loyalists. Mr Bush said last month that the US military would not be daunted by attacks: "Bring 'em on." Scott McClellan, White House press secretary, said this week: "We would much rather confront these terrorists abroad with the full might and force of our military, than at home, here in America, with emergency medical personnel and fire fighters." General John Abizaid, who is in charge of US forces in Iraq, and Paul Bremer, the de facto US viceroy in Iraq, voiced this same formulation - that Iraq has become the chief and preferred theatre for fighting enemies of the US. They did not address the implications for Iraqi civilians. In Chicago on Saturday, the organisers of the protest will be addressing the dangers for US military personnel and others in Iraq. Parents of soldiers returned from deployment in the Gulf will be talking about their opposition to the war. After the summer, a series of actions is planned for late September, coinciding with demonstrations in Europe. One of the main US mobilising groups - International Answer (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) - is organising a march on Washington on October 25, which it hopes will turn into a protest of tens of thousands of people snaking through the US capital to the Pentagon. |
Sponsored Links |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Anti-War Protests are Back!
"Charlie Wolf" news:ZWOIB9VJ37857.0776851852@Gilgamesh-frog.org... > > http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentSe...=1012571727162 > _______________ > Anti-war campaigners in US start to make their voices heard > By James Harding in Washington > Published: August 22 2003 20:10 | Last Updated: August 22 2003 20:10 > > The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism marks the beginning of a new > season of anti-war protest on Saturday with a fresh message: "Bring the > troops home now!" > > At the end of a week in which the bloodshed in Iraq has spread doubts > about the wisdom of President George W. Bush's "Bring 'em on" taunt to the > enemies of America, the anti-war lobby is embracing a slogan it thinks > will strike a chord with an increasingly anxious US public. > > "We think it is outrageous that this country was lied to and now people > are risking their lives for a failed policy," says Andy Thayer of the > Chicago Coalition, the campaigning group that is organising a rally at the > city's Federal Plaza today. > > Mr Thayer and many of his fellow marchers have been opponents of the war > in Iraq from the start. > > However, the misgivings have spread in Middle America, as the focus has > shifted away from the principle of toppling a dictator to the reality of a > long-term deployment in a dangerous land. > > An opinion poll published this month by the Pew Research Centre showed > those who said the military operation in Iraq was going very well falling > to 19 per cent from 61 in April. > > Zogby International, another polling goup, put out a survey this week > showing Mr Bush's approval rating at 52 per cent, around the same as just > before the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. > > At its subsequent peak, his approval rating hit 82 per cent. > > The White House struggled this week to match Mr Bush's portrayal of his > foreign policy achievements with the scenes of carnage in Iraq and Israel. > > Mr Bush said just before he headed to Texas for a month that the US was > making progress in dismantling al-Qaeda, seeing advances in the Middle > East peace process, and said: "Conditions in most of Iraq are growing more > peaceful." > > The terrorist attacks in Iraq and Israel on Tuesday, killing together > nearly 50 people and injuring more than 180, illustrated the risks > associated with the twinned ambitions of remaking Iraq and, in the > process, creating the conditions for a lasting settlement between the > Israelis and the Palestinians. > > As the president begins to campaign for re-election on his record as a > strong leader on national security, the bomb attacks also demonstrated the > political risks for Mr Bush of choosing war in Iraq and putting himself at > the centre of the argument in the Middle East. > > The deaths of two more US soldiers in Iraq yesterday, following the > bombing of the UN compound on Tuesday and an attack on the Jordanian > embassy earlier this month, have forced the White House to defend Mr > Bush's recent challenge to foreign terrorists seeping into Iraq and Saddam > Hussein loyalists. > > Mr Bush said last month that the US military would not be daunted by > attacks: "Bring 'em on." > > Scott McClellan, White House press secretary, said this week: "We would > much rather confront these terrorists abroad with the full might and force > of our military, than at home, here in America, with emergency medical > personnel and fire fighters." > > General John Abizaid, who is in charge of US forces in Iraq, and Paul > Bremer, the de facto US viceroy in Iraq, voiced this same formulation - > that Iraq has become the chief and preferred theatre for fighting enemies > of the US. > > They did not address the implications for Iraqi civilians. > > In Chicago on Saturday, the organisers of the protest will be addressing > the dangers for US military personnel and others in Iraq. Parents of > soldiers returned from deployment in the Gulf will be talking about their > opposition to the war. > > After the summer, a series of actions is planned for late September, > coinciding with demonstrations in Europe. > > One of the main US mobilising groups - International Answer (Act Now to > Stop War and End Racism) - is organising a march on Washington on October > 25, which it hopes will turn into a protest of tens of thousands of people > snaking through the US capital to the Pentagon. Aloha Charlie, Are you sure about this....? We've had several postings that the anti-war movement is dead. Of course someone else mentioned awhile back about Roctober....redvet |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Anti-War Protests are Back!
In article
Horvath > "Judging from news reports . . . some might think my native Iraq was > in a terrible mess. Not so," wrote Ayad Rahim in The Washington Times. So why doesn't the Republican Propaganda Network (Fox) show Americans the real story about the great life in Iraq? They talk about it. Let's see pictures of the '100 Things' that are better in Iraq 100 days after the illegal invasion. Why doesn't preppy boy Bremer (the anti-terrorism expert) bring his family over for a vacation? He lives in a palace now and Rummy says Baghdad is safer than D.C. > We have a "flypaper" strategy. It's working. No, it's bullshit. It's a new attempt to justify Anglo-American murder in Iraq months after it happened. All the old reasons are too ridiculous to bring up anymore. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Anti-War Protests are Back!
How long will it be before the nazi's in bushlite land declare them domestic
terrorists and go after them under the anti terrorist laws? -- If you get what you want, what's to stop you from asking for more? "Charlie Wolf" news:ZWOIB9VJ37857.0776851852@Gilgamesh-frog.org... > > http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentSe...=1012571727162 > _______________ > Anti-war campaigners in US start to make their voices heard > By James Harding in Washington > Published: August 22 2003 20:10 | Last Updated: August 22 2003 20:10 > > The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism marks the beginning of a new > season of anti-war protest on Saturday with a fresh message: "Bring the > troops home now!" > > At the end of a week in which the bloodshed in Iraq has spread doubts > about the wisdom of President George W. Bush's "Bring 'em on" taunt to the > enemies of America, the anti-war lobby is embracing a slogan it thinks > will strike a chord with an increasingly anxious US public. > > "We think it is outrageous that this country was lied to and now people > are risking their lives for a failed policy," says Andy Thayer of the > Chicago Coalition, the campaigning group that is organising a rally at the > city's Federal Plaza today. > > Mr Thayer and many of his fellow marchers have been opponents of the war > in Iraq from the start. > > However, the misgivings have spread in Middle America, as the focus has > shifted away from the principle of toppling a dictator to the reality of a > long-term deployment in a dangerous land. > > An opinion poll published this month by the Pew Research Centre showed > those who said the military operation in Iraq was going very well falling > to 19 per cent from 61 in April. > > Zogby International, another polling goup, put out a survey this week > showing Mr Bush's approval rating at 52 per cent, around the same as just > before the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. > > At its subsequent peak, his approval rating hit 82 per cent. > > The White House struggled this week to match Mr Bush's portrayal of his > foreign policy achievements with the scenes of carnage in Iraq and Israel. > > Mr Bush said just before he headed to Texas for a month that the US was > making progress in dismantling al-Qaeda, seeing advances in the Middle > East peace process, and said: "Conditions in most of Iraq are growing more > peaceful." > > The terrorist attacks in Iraq and Israel on Tuesday, killing together > nearly 50 people and injuring more than 180, illustrated the risks > associated with the twinned ambitions of remaking Iraq and, in the > process, creating the conditions for a lasting settlement between the > Israelis and the Palestinians. > > As the president begins to campaign for re-election on his record as a > strong leader on national security, the bomb attacks also demonstrated the > political risks for Mr Bush of choosing war in Iraq and putting himself at > the centre of the argument in the Middle East. > > The deaths of two more US soldiers in Iraq yesterday, following the > bombing of the UN compound on Tuesday and an attack on the Jordanian > embassy earlier this month, have forced the White House to defend Mr > Bush's recent challenge to foreign terrorists seeping into Iraq and Saddam > Hussein loyalists. > > Mr Bush said last month that the US military would not be daunted by > attacks: "Bring 'em on." > > Scott McClellan, White House press secretary, said this week: "We would > much rather confront these terrorists abroad with the full might and force > of our military, than at home, here in America, with emergency medical > personnel and fire fighters." > > General John Abizaid, who is in charge of US forces in Iraq, and Paul > Bremer, the de facto US viceroy in Iraq, voiced this same formulation - > that Iraq has become the chief and preferred theatre for fighting enemies > of the US. > > They did not address the implications for Iraqi civilians. > > In Chicago on Saturday, the organisers of the protest will be addressing > the dangers for US military personnel and others in Iraq. Parents of > soldiers returned from deployment in the Gulf will be talking about their > opposition to the war. > > After the summer, a series of actions is planned for late September, > coinciding with demonstrations in Europe. > > One of the main US mobilising groups - International Answer (Act Now to > Stop War and End Racism) - is organising a march on Washington on October > 25, which it hopes will turn into a protest of tens of thousands of people > snaking through the US capital to the Pentagon. > > > |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Anti-War Protests are Back!
"Perry Marlin" news:et2ikvks25rl688s0fl5fgaqn20npclbn0@4ax.com... > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 1444 GMT, "meport" > wrote: > > >How long will it be before the nazi's in bushlite land declare them domestic > >terrorists and go after them under the anti terrorist laws? > > > man that is one stupid comment. > Hi Perry I have found that people start saying things like this when they find out they were wrong all along and now have to start changing their beliefs. As long as one can argue I am right and you are wrong no matter what the real truth is or facts they don't have to change. They can be very afraid that every thing they believed in was and is false, and like most they will fight rather than hear or understand anything you may have to say that will disprove them. Mike |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Anti-War Protests are Back!
"Perry Marlin"
news:et2ikvks25rl688s0fl5fgaqn20npclbn0@4ax.com > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 1444 GMT, "meport" > wrote: > >> How long will it be before the nazi's in bushlite land declare them >> domestic terrorists and go after them under the anti terrorist laws? > > man that is one stupid comment. Oy, and from meport you were expecting? |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
More Dead In Anti-U.S. Protests | David | Enduring Freedom | 2 | 05-13-2005 05:36 AM |
Veterans Reflect on Anti-war Protests | MORTARDUDE | Vietnam | 0 | 04-01-2003 06:03 AM |
Moment of Truth (For the Anti-American Left)..from veteran of Vietnam anti-war times | MORTARDUDE | General Posts | 0 | 03-31-2003 05:48 AM |
Usual suspects are behind anti-war protests...what a motley crew !!! | 11BRAVO | General Posts | 0 | 02-24-2003 10:54 AM |
|