| Here's a really interesting piece of an article in the NY Times about some Iraqis who want US Troops out ASAP. Wasn't the "we won indicator" stated by Bush and co. was that when they don't want us, we'll be out? Dare to dream? 
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On Saturday an estimated 50,000 supporters of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr marched in Baghdad to call for US troops to leave Iraq.
But our correspondent says it is not yet clear if the alliance's concerns amount to a serious challenge to the agreement. The draft in its current form was agreed after lengthy negotiations between Baghdad and Washington, and the US is thought to see the deal as a "take it or leave it" package. The current UN mandate for US-led coalition forces expires at the end of this year. About 144,000 of the 152,000 foreign troops deployed there are US military personnel.
[For a more in depth article on the protest, click here ]...on a more personal note... On Breathinradio.com this past Friday, Gretchen Lawlor, astrologer and life guide, said that this type of planetary configuration has not been seen since the mid-1960s! I immediately, and ego-centrically, thought to myself, dang, then why aren't we all rallying as we did before? Why are we not more mobilized? Foolish woman!!! Why was my world so small for me to think that it was me and my other like-minded American citizens who had to be "the ones" back out in the streets en masse...? WWIT? <-- appropriately *thwacks* self upside the head...!
Any & everyone, who is unhappy with [any] war, global warming, endangered ecology, persecution of religious groups, or believes in animal rights, human rights, peace, free speech, or needs to rally and be heard, making a difference as we [Americans] did in the 60's. Peaceful protest with vigor allowed us to change the course of our women's rights, our involvement in Viet Nam, racial segregation and even more local issues such as saving a reservoir and surrounding homes, a wildlife preserve, even a golf course, in West Hartford, CT. stopping the proposed highway [291] etc. & other local ills of that time. It all happened in the mid-sixties. That energy, that mobilization, the belief that we can make a difference and change the course of events. We, of all ages, economic backgrounds, sex, race, religions, we gathered and put ourselves out there, and surprise, we did make a difference. We didn't win every fight, but we voiced our dissent with dignity and respect and fervor.So, why did I presume that these planets, realigned once again, meant that a voice for change had to originate from the US, from "us"? LOL. Shame on me and my foolish ego-centric mindset... and bravo and brava to my brothers and sisters who are coming out and being heard all over this planet in a peaceful, strong, group voice! Gretchen did read the stars correctly, now it's my job to remember to think globally -- after all, the cosmos doesn't impact only North Americans !
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