March 20, 2005

1.1 Million Nashvillians Skip Anti-War Protest

An Iraqi blogger wrote the following on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq: the following words:

To may outsiders, like those who protested last year, who will protest today. This was a fools errand, it brought nothing but death and destruction. I am sheltered in Iraq, but I know how the world feels, how people have come to either love or hate Bush, as though he is the emobdiement of this war. As though this war is part of Bush, they forget the over twenty million Iraqis, they forget the Middle Easterners, they forget the average person on the street, the average man with the average dream.

Ask him if it was worth it. Ask him what is different. Ask him if he would go through it again, go ahead ask him, ask me, many of you have.

Now I answer you, I answer you on behalf of myself, and my countrymen. I dont care what your news tells you, what your television and newspapers say, this is how we feel. Despite all that has happened. Despite all the hurt, the pain, blood, sweat and tears. These two years have given us hope we never had.

Meanwhile, 1.1 million Nashvillians did not participate in this poorly-attended anti-war protest yesterday , organized by the city's primary communist-wannabe organization, the "Nashville Peace and Justice Center," which thought the Iraqis should have been left to suffer and die under Saddam.

Lance Frizzell, serving in Iraq, wonders why anyone would be opposed to this.