The Anti-War Room

Dear Saddam: How can I help?
Brian McWilliams, Wired News
-- People from all over the world -- including the United States -- e-mail Saddam Hussein with advice on how Iraq can defeat America in a war, offer moral support and even broker business deals.

Bush's Armageddon Obsession
Michael Ortiz Hill, AlterNet
-- Bush's Iraq policy is based on a Biblical narrative that leads inexorably towards the battle of Armageddon.

The Boondocks
-- If you're looking for good political commentary in graphical format, check out Aaron McGruder's strips.

American Invasion
-- Tom Tomorrow checks in with a new comic. After Iraq, where next? FOX's
new reality show lets YOU decide.

Silence Is Betrayal
by Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy In Focus
-- 'A time has come when silence is betrayal,' Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said about Vietnam, another war that targeted civilians, 'that time is now.'

Waiting for Mr. Bush
by Maggy Zanger, Cairo Times
The Kurds of northern Iraq fear they will lose their safe haven in the aftermath of a new U.S.-sponsored war -- but at the same time, they look forward to change.

Making Our Voices Heard
by Paul Rogat Loeb, Soul of a Citizen
-- For those of us who think Bush's pending war against Iraq is reckless madness, it's tempting to retreat into bitter despair after the Senate vote giving him a blank check to attack. [However,] we might start by recognizing that we've made some progress.

The Case Against War
by Stephen Zunes, Soul Of A Citizen
-- For the best single article on why it's terrible idea to rush toward war, see the excellent article of my friend Stephen Zunes at