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All you war protestors are traitors

busholini | 24.03.2003 16:56

All you protestors are traitors!!

'you're traitors' is what some people coming out of pubs shouted at us at the Newcastle Anti-War demo this saturday,
One of them waved a picture of the Daily Star at me, firstly i'd like to point out when all the iraqi people were dying under Saddam Hussein this particular right wing newspaper reported predominantly on some celebrities arse.
Now it decides, hey war, it sells papers, lets talk a load of crap.

Tony Blair used the typical propaganda tactic, i have to admit he's a genius. When all else fails and we're blocking the country(roads etc) and no-one agrees with you what do you do?Ah yes, the nationalist card, or the Queen of Hearts as George War Bush might call it.
Yes there we have it, since i'm against the war in the first place(which means obviously the troops would not even be there) i'm now apparently a traitor and jumping up and down when i hear of British casualties.
Yes lads such is 'the price of leadership' that Tony will sink to any level possible to stop our protests, discouraging us to rally and make our voices heard and basically say 'if you don't support me, sorry i mean the troops, then you're obviously pro-saddam hussein.

I'm really sick of the crap, and i'm really frightened to think that the entire world is now daily being brainwashed by this TV War, which won't show you any truth.

The protests have been crap for one reason, we've been to soft. The cops actually blocked us from walking down the highstreet on a Saturday, anyone at the demo could hardly call us 'enemies of the state'.

But the ignorance will carry on, i found this on the BBC, i think its sums up the pathetic, brainwashed Americans and pro-bush argument, quoted from 'have your say' section of the site;

"I support the war 100%. Sadly there have been American and British casualties but they died protecting freedom. Saddam has no respect for human life and did not obey coalition commands and he will now pay the price. God bless all Americans, Brits, and the Aussies fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom. "

iraqi freedom?????can you believe these people, we might aswell eat american newspapers for our cereals at breakfast.

What the hell can we do to reverse there stupid opinionless brains which actually think that what they say is their opinion?

Should we carry on the protest and risk getting beat up by idiots? of course we should because i'd rather get arrested in the knowledge that i tried to do something than cheering the horror that is WAR.

shame on America, shame on Britain, shame on all countires supporting this war to destruction, especially the yankees.

busholini

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Traitor

24.03.2003 17:40

Yes, I am a traitor to my country and I am proud. Personally, I think the more yanks and Brits are killed in this war, the less likely another war will happen. I want to see Portsmouth and Southampton docks piled high with the body bags of servicemen. 200,000 soldiers and personnel are out there - so I hope we get 200,000 body bags sent back home. Only this will stop global domination by the rich and militarily powerful. And I spit on the Union Jack and the imperialism and oppression it represents.

Dan

Fight for your class, not your flag!

24.03.2003 18:22

Are we traitors to oppose this:

http://www.aljazeera.net/news/arabic/2003/3/3-22-26.htm

?

Marxist_Mike

well said

24.03.2003 18:33

Right on! ONLY internationalism can lead us from the path of global suicide

united $tates of amerikka

I must be a traitor too!

24.03.2003 18:35

I too hope there are significant numbers of British and American casualties, not that I particularly want anyone to die, but if the sight of hundreds of body bags being shipped back home make the people (who've been worn down by the pro-war ranting of the media and the emotional blackmail of the government) think about the reasons for this war and why those people had to die and question their support for the war, the sooner we have a chance of stopping it.

And that day may yet come, the US/UK military have apparently not had it all their own way, they've encountered fierce opposition and more deaths this time round (as I keep saying a cornered animal is at it’s most dangerous) military strategists did not bank on such a high level of resistance, but the worst mistake they’ve made is to send the troops in so early, the American’s have always been reluctant to do this since Vietnam, preferring instead to rely on weeks of cowardly air strikes and then they send their troops in to pose victorious in front of cameras, perhaps this time they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

Stuey
mail e-mail: stuey@surfanytime.co.uk
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from america

24.03.2003 18:38

Hopefully the massive protests in the States lets everyone around the world know that it's the government who wants the war, not the people. 75% of NYC is against it, if that gives you any clue.
We're trying to stop this madness, but the media and the government have such a tight grip on things here, it's real hard to get the word out. The NYTimes didn't mention ONE WORD about the 250,000 people who filled Broadway wall to wall for 50 blocks on March 22(and the NYTimes office is just off Broadway, right where the march started!) But they went out of their way to say how great it was that 50 pro-war people came out to support the "president".
We gotta keep up the pressure. Over every ocean and every continent until this war ends.

crm114

dan works for the otherside!

24.03.2003 18:48

he is very clever so watch out, he may fool you or even agree with you?
whatever you do, be you own leader.
perhaps.

5th columnist

Hey don't leave me out!!!!!!!

24.03.2003 19:50

I am a traitor also.

I don't toe the line as our fuhrers demand.

I don't eat meat either!!!!!!

...and I really detest BigMucks - that fast crap from Unkasama Bin MacDonalds washable by that filthy Coca-Cola rear-end rinse.

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