Writing about bumper stickers for progressives
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Questioning Barack Obama’s pro-war Afghanistan policy, Congressman James McGovern asked, “Do we really need 100,000 troops to go after less than a hundred al Qaeda?”
John McCain worked hard to help George W. Bush bring about the war in Iraq, and has spent a great deal of time since promoting the continuation of that war. Also, John McCain has promoted the idea of going to war against Iran (Remember McCain singing, “Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran,” last year? By definition, that makes John McCain a warmonger.
The Republicans continue to insist that they need to torture, or as they say “use extreme interrogation methods”, in order to defeat terror. They don’t appear to grasp the irony that the very purpose of torture is to increase terror, not to defeat it. How can you fight terror by torturing people? You can’t.
What if what we want is peace itself? If that’s so, then the time for peace is not later. The time for peace must be now, and the only way that we will achieve peace is by pursuing peace in itself. Now, not later. No excuses. No more wars for peace.
You want to win the war on terror? Okay. Don’t be afraid. That’s all that’s required, and the war on terror will be over. It could happen tomorrow. It could happen on Election Day, 2008, if we make the right choice.
Barack Obama opposed invading Iraq from the start. He’s not had to offer any apologies on this issue. He got it right from the start. Obama never caved in to the pro-war pressure from the Republicans. If that matters to you, then consider putting this Barack Obama campaign lawn sign out in your yard, to encourage people in your state to vote Obama for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2008.
Given the overall failure of the Democratic Party to work effectively for peace, yes, I think that the message is fair. However, this fair message must be considered alongside the objections. There are many paths to peace. The Green Party is one of them. Selecting the better Democratic candidates is another.
I’m not in a position to judge what the best tshirt ever is, but this one would be among my nominations, to be sure. It features a handsome young boy, giving us the peace sign with his right hand, and a slogan written as a definition, “Pacifist: Someone with the nutty idea that killing people is a bad thing.”
It’s time for a people’s resolution, a Sense of America statement: We Americans are sick and tired of being pushed by our leaders into war, and we aren’t going to take it any more! We the American people say no new wars. It’s time for peace, and it’s definitely time to say no war on Iran!
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