How to End the War
by Naomi Klein

The central question we need to answer is this: What were the real reasons for the Bush administration’s invasion and occupation of Iraq?

When I was in Iraq a year ago trying to answer that question, one of the most effective ways I found to do that was to follow the bulldozers and construction machinery. I was in Iraq to research the so-called reconstruction. And what struck me most was the absence of reconstruction machinery, of cranes and bulldozers, in downtown Baghdad.

The administration says the war was about fighting for democracy. That was the big lie they resorted to when they were caught in the other lies.

When we articulate a more genuine definition of democracy than we are hearing from the Bush administration, we will bring some hope to Iraq. And we will bring closer to us many of the 58 percent who are opposed to the war but aren’t marching with us yet because they are afraid of cutting and running.

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