Letter of the WeeQ

Bill Webb (Oct. 2 letter) thinks anti-war protesters are caught in a '60s time warp and that the war is OK because the forces are volunteers. He misunderstands.

We protest because we think American foreign policy toward Iraq is misguided. We protest because it is our tax money being spent to kill Iraqis. We protest because Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. We protest because there have been abuses and torture committed in our name. We protest because the war is about oil. We protest because "volunteers" could opt out if they thought the war was immoral and wrong. We protest because recruiters target our children with outrageous lies. We protest because America should stand for human rights and rule of law, not might makes right. We protest because the vision of our leaders is guided by religious fanaticism. We protest because America forgot all the lessons it learned from the errors of Nixon and Kissinger in the '60s.

-Rick Whitten, Madrid.
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