Marchers urge end to war in Iraq
Submitted on October 26, 2003 - 12:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people marched around the White House and the Justice Department Saturday to urge President Bush to stop the occupation in Iraq, bring the troops home and change the war agenda.
Peace activists called Bush “a liar” and asked that the money for rebuilding Iraq be used for jobs, education and health care in the United States.
“Your administration has misled our nation. You have butchered the truth,” said Gulf War veteran Michael McPherson in a speech addressed to President Bush.
“It is time to bring them home. You have broken the sacred trust. Do not dishonor their blood. You are not the Caesar of Rome, you are the president of the United States, and in this country the power belongs to the people,” McPherson said.
Peace activists called Bush “a liar” and asked that the money for rebuilding Iraq be used for jobs, education and health care in the United States.
“Your administration has misled our nation. You have butchered the truth,” said Gulf War veteran Michael McPherson in a speech addressed to President Bush.
“It is time to bring them home. You have broken the sacred trust. Do not dishonor their blood. You are not the Caesar of Rome, you are the president of the United States, and in this country the power belongs to the people,” McPherson said.
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