SEATTLE IRAQ WAR PROTEST FEBRUARY 15 2003

I am sorry to say, we were right.

A very short clip on this, the 4th anniversary of the Seattle march down 5th Ave from the Seattle Center to the Federal Building.

February 15, 2003 was a global day of protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. Millions of people protested in approximately 800 cities around the world. According to BBC News, between six and ten million people took part in protests in up to sixty countries over the weekend of the 15th and 16th Millions join anti-war protests worldwide, BBC News Online, 17 February, 2003 ; other estimates range from eight million to thirty million The Anti-War Movements -- Waging Peace on the Brink of War, Karin Simonson, paper prepared for the Programme on NGOs and Civil Society of the Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiation, March 2003 .

The biggest protests took place in Europe. The protest in Rome involved around 3 million people, and is listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records as the largest anti-war rally in history. Largest anti-war rally, Guinness Book of world records, 2004 Opposition to the war was highest in the Middle East, although protests there were relatively small - the People's Republic of China was the only major country not to see any protests.

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[Colace06]

u guys suck

[murphicus]

Yeah... boy oh boy, how wrong we were 4 years ago that Invading Iraq would be a HUGE MISTAKE!

Read much?

[hsideways]

Invading Iraq was a mistake? Say who? Some poll? The only poll that matters is on election day. You think we would have been better off with Algore? HAHAHA.

[murphicus]

Say who? Say veterans! Say fired Generals! Say Americans who LOVE this country!

You must watch lots of FOX to NOT KNOW that it was a mistake. Just because W is too big of a coward to admit it to the country (and the world) does not mean he was dreadfully wrong.

History will judge him as our worst president. He lied and contrived a war so that he could out-dick his Paw...

George W Bush and the rest of the Neo-Conz are pimples on America's arse.

What drugs have you done to believe otherwise?

[jonbeme]

the protest on this video was the single largest mass protest the world has ever seen. over 6 million people stood in solidarity against this war. it would be foolish to think that they were all from other countries, point of fact, a 150 cities in the united states protested this war on that day. if polls don't matter, if the voice of the people doesn't matter, then democracy doesn't matter. would you still sacrifice your voice for this war? don't be such a masachist. nobody deserves this.

[HappyStPats]

So, how was election day 2008 for you?

[colibri1]

Gives me chills now to watch this, considering the US has now destroyed Iraq. The feeling of world solidarity at the time was great, though. We had 10,000 ourselves in Austin, Texas, of all places. Incredible.