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March 20, 2008

Eight at the Gate: "two governments, two nations, have been destroyed"

As protests against the war in Iraq were held across the USA, WLOE activist Jean Grossholtz marked the 5th anniversary of the US invasion by joining again with seven others in a protest before the gates of Westover Air Force Base in western Massachusetts. Here is her statement read there:

EIGHT AT THE GATE:   March 19, 2003 - March 19, 2008
Five years ago we eight stood here at the gates of Westover Air Force Base protesting the decision of the US government to go to war in Iraq.  Today we stand here in the face of the utter destruction of the government and peoples of Iraq and of The Constitution, the moral stature, the economy and the welfare of the people of the US.  Make no mistake: two governments, two nations, have been destroyed.

The occupation of Iraq and its consequences have been devastating for the people of Iraq and for the world. The death toll of 1.3 million Iraqis, the hundreds of thousands made homeless, the bitterness of hate unleashed on the community; this reality will continue for generations. It is not going away easily, neither in Iraq nor in the United States.  Our children, our grandchildren and out great-grandchildren will live with this disaster.

There are not words to describe this-- anger, outrage, pain, despair—these are not adequate to express how millions of us feel.

We are here in peace to ask for peace, to tell those who made these decisions and who persist in this murderous war that they are wrong, they do not act in our name, or in the name of millions of Americans who have made their voice clear.

Some would await elections or new congresses, or some future event.  We do not agree.  It must stop and it must stop now.    That is why we are here. 

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