Yahoo! News - Protests in US, Europe as Bush Defends Iraq War
Sounds like the rest of the world has more concern than we do. Sad.
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters against the war on Iraq marched in Europe and the United States on Saturday, but President Bush said the invasion just two years ago shielded the world from "grave danger."
"George Bush ... Uncle Sam. Iraq will be your Vietnam," chanted 45,000 protesters winding through central London as they put down a black cardboard coffin with the slogan "100,000 dead" scrawled on the lid outside the U.S. Embassy.
Some 10,000 people marched through the center of Rome, waving anti-war banners and protesting against the Italian troop presence in Iraq. Protesters also marched in Madrid and Barcelona.
About 10,000 protesters attended a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, and smaller demonstrations were held in Ankara and Izmir.
Thousands gathered in New York's Central Park and police said they arrested 36 protesters including 27 in Times Square as anti-war groups held rallies throughout the city.
The crowd in Central Park was much smaller than last year, when an estimated 100,000 people marched in New York City.
"I think Bush's re-election took the steam out of the anti-war movement," said activist and public defender Michael Letwin, 48.
And King Asshole has the audacity to spout the same bullshit that has proven to be untrue time and time again.
Bush made an uncompromising defense of the invasion in his weekly radio address: "On this day two years ago, we launched Operation Iraqi Freedom to disarm a brutal regime, free its people, and defend the world from a grave danger."
"We knew of Saddam Hussein's record of aggression and support for terror. We knew of his long history of pursuing, even using, weapons of mass destruction, and we know September 11 requires our country to think differently," he said.
No WMD. None. Thousands upon thousands of people dead. And no ties to 9-11, but the truth never stops Georgie, does it?
I hope you rot in Hell, Mr. President.