It's Time for Americans to Support Peace Instead of US War Machine
by Bill Dunn, Madison Capital Times

I look high and low for a sense of outrage at what America is doing in Iraq and see only tepid glimpses. But of course, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. On the day when some 500 people marched for peace in Madison, about 80,000 made it to the Badger game against Minnesota. Bucky triumphed, as did death and destruction in Iraq. We claimed the coveted Axe and hammered Fallujah with 500-pound bombs. Yes, "we." It's being done in your name and in your children's. Sport your peace sign proudly. Think outside the mainstream U.S. media. Write and call Congress. Boycott businesses that are run counter to your principles. Pay someone's fine who's been arrested at a protest. Money talks loudest of all. You don't back the troops by slapping a yellow ribbon on your car. That's more for you than it is for them. The best way to show support is to get the military back in civilian clothes.

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