The only thing Black that wants to go to war with Iraq is Condoleezza Rice, and she has told too many lies to be taken seriously.
One wonders if Colin Powell, who is brilliant, will ever muster the courage to quit mouthing the foul script, and say the words he knows to be true: the United States is determined to impose its will on the entire globe, not just in the current dispute over Saddam Hussein, but for the remainder of the "American Century." Iraq is a demonstration of that resolve.
African Americans have every historical reason to reject the mad rush to war. Once again, we must form the core of the peace party.
The 38-member Congressional Black Caucus, all Democrats but not all particularly brave, stood as a body to oppose Bush's threatened first strike "without a clearly demonstrated and imminent threat of attack on the United States."
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. held a press conference with representatives of 48 national religious denominations, to urge that "all peaceful possibilities should be exhausted before using military force."
One wonders if Colin Powell, who is brilliant, will ever muster the courage to quit mouthing the foul script, and say the words he knows to be true: the United States is determined to impose its will on the entire globe, not just in the current dispute over Saddam Hussein, but for the remainder of the "American Century." Iraq is a demonstration of that resolve.
African Americans have every historical reason to reject the mad rush to war. Once again, we must form the core of the peace party.
The 38-member Congressional Black Caucus, all Democrats but not all particularly brave, stood as a body to oppose Bush's threatened first strike "without a clearly demonstrated and imminent threat of attack on the United States."
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. held a press conference with representatives of 48 national religious denominations, to urge that "all peaceful possibilities should be exhausted before using military force."