Protesting in Support of Dictatorship and Mass Murder

The headlines from major news web sites around the world are startling: "Global Protests Mark Iraq War"; Anti-war Protesters Scale Big Ben"; "Greepeace Calls Time on War." Imagine hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to protest the war on Hitler and Mussolini, Saddam's ideological kinsmen. Today's left has so lost its bearings in its hatred for George Bush, the US, and the fact that attaining and preserving peace and justice requires strength and, at times, even war that it marches in support of a bloody tyrant who enslaved his people, invaded his neighbors, employed WMDs, and murdered hundreds of thousands. These are protests by affluent, mostly white middle and upper middle class citizens of stable, peaceful democracies, and their actions reveal their desire to turn their parts of the world into gated communities. As long as the derelicts stay out of their neighborhoods, all's well.

They ignore this week's opinion poll of Iraqis, which shows that 57 percent of Iraqis say life is better now than under Saddam, while only 19 percent say it's worse. Equally important, Iraqis who for decades had no hope for a better life for their children now look to the future with hope. Fully 71 percent believe their lives will improve in the year ahead, against only 6 percent who think it will be worse and 9 percent the same. All thanks to the very troops the spoiled children of the West spent today protesting.