My letter in today's Boulder Daily Camera
We didn't get war we deserved
The recent letter "We got the war that we deserved" epitomizes blaming
the victim (Open Forum, Jan. 20). You'd think we had government by the
people, and that we wanted the Iraq war!
I remember clearly that at one point before the war, 72 percent of
Americans didn't want to invade without U.N. support. Millions marched
against the war before it started. You can hardly find anyone, except
the president's cronies, who support his current intention of more of
the same.
Many astute observers including Molly Ivins, Noam Chomsky and George
Gallup Sr., founder of the Gallup Polls, have noted for decades that
the public is way ahead of Congress.
If you think that government by the people might be a good idea,
consider attending a University of Colorado Law School Conference,
"The Voice of the Crowd: Colorado's Initiative," which will take place
Jan. 26 at the state Capitol. It will feature a discussion of
improvements to the initiative process and will include speakers Ben
Barber, author of "Strong Democracy," and former U.S. Sen. Mike
Gravel, leading proponent of the National Initiative for Democracy.
Mike was the guy who, in 1971, read the Pentagon Papers into the
Congressional Record and filibustered until it was agreed to wind down
the Vietnam draft.
Find more at Vote.org. May the force be with "We the People."
Otherwise this country and planet are toast.
EVAN RAVITZ
The Camera now allows comments on letters. You can see all today's
letters and the entertaining comments at:
http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/jan/20/no-headline-20elet/
Evan
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