greeted with relief by members of organizations in the Halifax Peace Coalition.
At the same time, we are painfully aware that Iraqi people are still suffering and dying. The war
chosen by the U.S. and its allies has swept away basic life supports for huge numbers of Iraqi families
– shattering systems of water, food, medical care and public security across large parts of the country.
Predicted war chaos, already evident in southern cities, blocks the re-establishment of these lifelines,
and threatens to multiply many times over the direct military human cost of war. Our responsibility
remains to speak out about those caught in the ongoing horror and uncertainties of war and its aftermath.
We also must dispute the precedent of illegal, unilateral, ‘pre-emptive’ invasion as the route
to peace or international security, just as we dread the consequences that have been unleashed.
Today, more than ever, the peace movement in Halifax and across the world
has a vital role to challenge the narrow logic of military triumphalism.
Syria could be next, warns Washington
(As if the U.S. Government doesn’t harbor, sponsor or enact its own terrorism or that of others)
I hate war mongering