Where Next For The Anti-War Movement?
SO THE ‘liberation’ of the Iraqis is beginning – with massive carpet bombing. The US military have planned to use ten times the amount of bombs dropped in the whole of the last Gulf War in the first 48 hours of this war. They are prepared to use ‘moabs’, nicknamed the ‘mother of all bombs’, which are 40% more powerful than the lethal ‘daisy cutters’. The inevitable result is the destruction of the schools, the homes, and above all the bodies – the lives – of countless of those self same Iraqis. Aid agencies estimate that over ten million Iraqis will face starvation as a result of the war. The Pentagon has called this carnage ‘awesome’ but most of the world’s population see it for what it is – blood spilt for oil. Never before have our rulers gone to war in the face of such massive international opposition. The anti-war movement to date has been magnificent. It has shaken the governments of the world and left Tony Blair hanging on to power by a thread, yet it has not stopped the war. Fo
