PEACE MARCH IN L.A. TO MARK 5th ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ INVASION

The short video mashup above (3:10) is from Saturday's peace march in Los Angeles sponsored by A.N.S.W.E.R. LA to mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion. The rally was different from others that I've attended since the Iraq occupation began in that it was dominated by young people and because I never once saw a camera crew or truck from the mainstream media.

While the mainstream media rarely report more than a sound bite of one of the crazier or scarier people in attendance at these rallies, at least they previously had the courtesy of pretending to take seriously the majority of Americans who remain anti-war. Apparently this is no longer the case.

Meanwhile, one would have hoped that after five years of horrific war - that has cost nearly 4,000 American lives and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives - more than a few thousand people would rally for peace in a city of 10 million. Soon we will be able to add our democracy to the list of the dead.

“Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)” (Alexis de Tocqueville)

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