THE ANTI-AMERICAN PEACE MOVEMENT

In preparation for my PRO-AMERICAN COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION on March 19, I have read Amy Quinn's (United for "Peace" and "Justice") article, What Now For The Peace Movement? How do you think the outcome will be for the "World Day of Mobilization Against War"?

Here is an excerpt from Amir Taheri's article, Eye of the Storm: The London and Paris 'street' is still roiling'. [Via InstaPundit.]

Over the past two weeks several Western capitals, including London and Paris, have witnessed feverish activity by more than two dozen groups organizing meetings and marches to mark the second anniversary of the liberation of Iraq. The aim is not to celebrate the event and express solidarity with the emerging Iraqi democracy, but to vilify George W. Bush and Tony Blair, thus lamenting the demise of Saddam Hussein.

I spent part of last week ringing up the organizers of the anti-war events with a couple of questions. The first: Would they allow anyone from the newly-elected Iraqi parliament to address the gatherings? The second: Would the marches include expressions of support for the democracy movement in Arab and other Muslim countries, notably Iraq, Lebanon and Syria?

In both cases the answer was a categorical no, accompanied by a torrent of abuse about "all those who try to justify American aggression against Iraq." (The Jerusalem Post, 03/09/05.)