We're Takin' It to the Street on January 27!

[babylonsister]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_dave_lin_070123_we_re_takin__it_to_t.htm

We're Takin' It to the Street on January 27!

by Dave Lindorff

What madness has gripped America?

In November the nation clearly voted, by a margin of some seven million votes, for an end to the interminable war in Iraq and a return to sanity in Washington.

Today, less than three months later, with a new Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, we have the president not pulling troops out, but sending more troops to Iraq, where the death toll is mounting faster than ever (25 U.S. troops killed in one day last weekend alone). And worse yet, a Navy armada is being assembled in the Persian Gulf with the clear intention of attacking Iran, a nation that poses no immediate threat to the U.S.

And where is Congress? So far, mulling a pair of non-binding resolutions expressing Congress's disagreement with the president's escalation of the war in Iraq.

Wow! That's really telling him!

How can it be that a president who has lost the support of the public--President Bush, in the latest polls, remains at a dismal 33 percent approval rating--is able to lead the country in this way from one collossal disaster to an even worse disaster?

The answer is that we, the American People, are letting it happen.

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[marmar]

1. I hope it is the largest since Vietnam. I'll do my part - I'll be there!

I would hate to say to a future generation that I didn't at least try to stop this madness.

[babylonsister]

2. Me, too, marmar, and I look forward to meeting you! nt