The Insurgency Began (And She Missed It)

After a rousing weekend which saw the spanking of the United States' war plans at the hand of the UN and its inspectors, and which saw an estimated 30 Million people in 600 cities raise its collective middle finger up high, Condi Rice made a star turn on the Sunday morning talk show circuit.

Seemingly blissfully unawares of the enormity of the backlash, she magnanimously allowed that it's "fine to protest", while insisting the Bush Administration still plans to begin the pyrotechnics in "weeks, not months".

Since the Bush Administration hasn't yet heard our voices, we've no choice but to raise up the volume. (Okay, technically we do have a choice: accomplice to genocide, or not.) There's no shortage of activities one can commence, and even the smallest of them, when totted up, can make a huge difference.

If the weekend's massive seas of humanity weren't inspirational enough, check out the last missive from the inimitable Subcommandante Marcos, who insists that "the question is not whether we can change the murderous march of the powerful. No. The question we should be asking is: could we live with the shame of not having done everything possible to prevent and stop this war? No honest man or woman can remain silent and indifferent at this moment. All of us, each one in our own voice, in our own way, in our own language, by our own action, must say 'NO'."

Posted by Eddie Tews at February 17, 2003 09:03 PM