A little contrite but still unrepentant

Ben Tanosborn, MWC News

...The predominant signs, both in number and size, made up what can be construed as the march’s theme: to end the occupation of Iraq – "Just Say No to War"; "Bring Our Troops Home"; "Support Our Troops"; "Out Now"; "Give Iraq Back to the Iraqis" and similar text. A few signs were a bit more forceful, mentioning the Pentagon-provided numbers of American casualties to date, or an occasional "Impeach Bush," but little beyond that. As for Iraqi casualties and dislocations – over 500,000 civilian deaths and 1 million wounded; 2 million forced into exile and up to 1 million internal refugees – they did not seem to have sufficient relevancy to command most marchers to talk about them, or to give them the degree of outrage merited...

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