Pynchon's foreward to 1984

[Richard Romeo]

saw the masses gathering today in NYC subway on my way
home from my girlfriend's.  lots of folks brought
their kids who had their own signs, too.
I would say that my feeling is that this war is not
needed now--iraq can be contained with inspectors and
UN officials on the ground.
However, I do think rooting out Al Qaeda from
Afghanistan and elsewhere has to be completed--it's
obvious to me that the US military is relying too much
on airpower in Afghanistan, hence the added civilian
casualties.  we should flood those mountains with
troops. Only a concerted war on the ground will do the
job. 
I fear we're losing momentum there by focusing on this
crusade to change the middle east.

rich

 
> 
> 
> P.S. It's good to know so many people around the
> world
> want to stop this war and avoid punishing Iraq with
> the sort of civilian-slaughtering, chaos-inducing,
> rubble-pounding assault that the US inflicted on
> Afghanistan. 
> 
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2765215.stm
> 
> Saturday, 15 February, 2003, 14:06 GMT 
> Millions join anti-war protests worldwide
> 
> Millions of people worldwide are joining in
> demonstrations against a possible US-led war against
> Iraq. 
> 
> Hundreds of rallies and marches are taking place in
> up
> to 60 countries this weekend. 
> 
> Crowds have been gathering in London, where a rally
> culminating in Hyde Park is expected to draw more
> than
> half a million protesters. 
> 
> Massive demonstrations - a day after UN chief
> weapons
> inspector Hans Blix issued a largely positive
> assessment of the UN's disarmament process in Iraq -
> are also being organised in Rome, Berlin and New
> York.
> 
> 
> Tens of thousands of people braved bitter weather to
> converge on the German capital from the east and
> west
> of the city. 
> 
> Along with France, Germany has been one of the most
> vociferous opponents of war with Iraq. 
> 
> The BBC's Ray Furlong in Berlin says a real
> cross-section of people are taking part in the
> demonstration - young students, families with
> children, as well as pensioners - reflecting the
> strong anti-war feeling that runs right through
> German
> society. 
> 
> And demonstrators in Paris are preparing to march on
> the city's traditional rallying point - the Place de
> la Bastille. 
> 
> Some of the first protests on Saturday were seen in
> New Zealand, as environmental pressure group
> Greenpeace flew a plane over Auckland harbour
> trailing
> a banner reading "No War, Peace Now". 
> 
> About 5,000 marched through Auckland and a similar
> number in the capital Wellington. 
> 
> Rallies are being held in several cities in
> Australia,
> where a protest in Melbourne on Friday drew a crowd
> estimated by organisers at 150,000 - the largest
> there
> since anti-Vietnam War marches 30 years ago. 
> 
> In Seoul - capital of South Korea, one of the
> staunchest US allies in Asia - hundreds of
> demonstrators rallied, shouting chants such as
> "Bush,
> Terrorist!" and carrying banners urging "Drop Bush,
> not bombs". 
> 
> In London, organisers are confidently predicting the
> country's largest anti-war protest. 
> 
> UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered a fall in
> popularity following his staunch support of US plans
> to launch military action against Saddam Hussein. 
> 
> 
> "We believe that the London demonstration will be
> one
> of the biggest and the most pivotal because the
> British Government is actively involved in the build
> up to war and the British people definitely do not
> want war," said Stop The War UK leader Andrew
> Murray. 
> 
> Speakers at the rally in Hyde Park include Charles
> Kennedy, leader of Britain's second-biggest
> opposition
> party and US activist Jesse Jackson. 
> 
> In New York a protest is scheduled to start at 1200
> local time (1700GMT) near UN headquarters - the
> currently scene of intense diplomatic discussions
> following Friday's report by Hans Blix. 
> 
> Celebrities and activists such as Susan Sarandon,
> Danny Glover, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu
> and black activist Angela Davis will be attending
> the
> demonstration. 
> 
> And they be joined by some families of the victims
> of
> the attack on the World Trade Center, marching as
> "9/11 Families for Peace." 
> 
> Anti-war activists in Turkey are calling on fellow
> citizens to simultaneously turn off all lights at
> 2000
> local time (2200 GMT) as a novel sign of support for
> anti-war sentiment. 
> 
> In Malaysia - a predominantly Muslim state -
> hundreds
> demonstrated outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur
> bearing banners and placards with slogans such as:
> "No
> war. Stop US aggression" and "No more blood for
> oil". 
> 
> And in Thailand about 2,000 people - mostly Muslims
> -
> rallied in front of the US and UK embassies in the
> capital on Saturday. 
> 
> Protests of varying sizes were also reported in:
> Japan, Nepal, India, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain,
> Syria, Egypt and Iraq. 
> 
> The tiny South Pacific island nation of Fiji also
> saw
> its share of anti-war sentiment, with an anti-war
> group sending floral messages to foreign embassies
> urging them to put pressure on the US and its allies
> to avoid war. 
> 
> 
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