Michelle Malkin carries photos of the event here while the News.com report quotes that vile socialist and member of the British parliament George Galloway:
"This is not a clash of civilisations, not a war between people of the West and East, not a war between Christianity and Islam; George Bush does not represent any civilization," he said to cheers.
Perhaps Mr Galloway would like to repeat that, Theo Van Gogh style, while they're sawing his head off.
Galloway was at the Washington protests alongside star of the show Cindy Sheehan. It seems somehow very appropriate that the Left in the United States has rallied around an obviously mentally disturbed person. It happens a bit here in Australia too - Mark Latham, anyone?
Protest crowd numbers on both sides of the Atlantic were predictably disputed by organisers and independent observers.
In the US, the protest allegedly included recent war vets:
Among the demonstrators were some 40 former U.S. soldiers recently returned from Iraq, holding up signs saying "Bring Them Home Now!" and wearing their desert camouflage uniforms.
"This is all new to me. I've never participated in something like this," said John McNamara, 25, who served six months as an army truck driver in Iraq.
"I took part in some destruction in the Middle East and I feel bad about that," said McNamara, who flew from Los Angeles for the event. "Being here won't make up for it but it might make me feel a little better about it."
Who knows, perhaps in 30 years time McNamara will be running for President on a Democrat ticket. Wonder if he got any video footage of himself during his tour of duty?
-- Nick
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