This War is Older Than Me

20 March 2011 - As the March 19th rally and march headed through the streets of Portland yesterday, a young boy stepped up to the front line with us. His sign:



His whole life we have been engaged in the wars of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thinking back over my lifespan, it seems we have been interfering (covertly and overtly), invading, bombing, overthrowing governments and generally spreading death and destruction for profit. As Phil Ochs sang; "We've shot and bombed and burned our way across the world and back and the blood money keeps a'rollin' in"

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