Anti-war activists rally near White House to mark 8th anniversary of start of Iraq war

[alp227]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Several hundred anti-war demonstrators are protesting in a park near the White House to mark the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war.

The protesters carried signs Saturday demanding troops be withdrawn from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Others supported Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks. He is being held at a military prison in Virginia.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/anti_war_activists_rally_near_white_house_to_mark_8th_anniversary_of_start_of_iraq_war/2011/03/19/ABtZbzu_story.html

[ixion]

1. There was never a 'war'. There was an illegal invasion followed by a hostile occupation

which continues to this day.

[Aryo]

2. The Iraq War is Over

Time to move on guys.

[faz]

7. Rally?

How many US troops are still in Iraq as of today?

[joanbarnes]

3. This is probably the saddest anniversary for me.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

4. How sad that we mark this anniversary by launching missiles

at Libya. Killing to prove killing is wrong.

[riderinthestorm]

6. I know. First thing I thought of when I read it too. Really sad, nt

[zentrum]

5. Sad that we aren't all there

.....marching in the hundreds of thousands. I know Mike Malloy is there today.

It seems that only a draft makes people (myself included) seriously put their time and bodies on the line to oppose American militarism.

We did demonstrate in massive numbers to stop the war from happening in 2001. TEN years ago. During the Viet Nam era there were countless huge demonstrations in DC, NY, Sacramento, and on college campuses nationwide, over and over, relentlessly.