I am not saying just oppose the war. Bush must be impeached.
—Terry McCann

People & Peace It is People ...

A career diplomat who has served in United States embassies from Tel Aviv to Casablanca resigned his State Department post in protest. John Brady Kiesling noted, We should ask ourselves why we have failed to persuade more of the world that a war with Iraq is necessary.
· Casablanca: City known for smuggling of People [NYTimes]

Peace & War The fighting will begin in late March

Energy resources are at the heart of the world economy. The Promethean story of industrialisation has never been better summed up than by James Watt: I have that which all men seek – power. The reality of an entrenched, intolerable human destiny is summed up by Greek historian Thucydide You know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
· Thucydide [Opendemocracy]

Left Left

Only a quintessentially American arrogance would lead leftists in a big country to think that leftists in a smaller country don’t matter. Iraqi socialists and leftists have endured Saddam’s Ba’athist terror long enough to know the left from the right in Iraq. And as our nation prepares to invade their country, more Americans, especially peace activists, should take the trouble to do the same.
· Big: Lie V Small: lie [LAWeekly]