For Saddam, of course. You see, the anti-war crowd can be fighting for no one else. To be sure, they claim to be opposed to Saddam:
"I agree Saddam is crazy and needs to go, but it's not our place to do it," said Ian Wisniewski, 14, who had a fake bullet hole painted on his forehead. "It's crazy that we're bombing Iraq. It sickens me."So, the argument is that Saddam is a bad guy who kills, tortures, maims his people but it's none of our business. And more cuteness while people die from Saddam's regime:
One group, Lesbians Against Boys Invading Anything, carried signs saying "Pre-emptive war is terrorism," "This isn't the USA I love," and "Where will the bombs fall next?"Nice acronym. But surely the Iraqis themselves would laugh at these neo-hippies as they take a few hours out of their busy days to publicly state their opposition to their government, without fear of being shredded for it.
At it's most basic level, this is a war between the coaltion forces and Iraq's government. In Iraq, the people seem quite pleased when they are liberated from Saddam's rule and are surely not looking to western leftists for help. From the Guardian:
"You just arrived," he said. "You're late. What took you so long? God help you become victorious. I want to say hello to Bush, to shake his hand. We came out of the grave." "For a long time we've been saying: 'Let them come'," his wife, Zahara, said. "Last night we were afraid, but we said: 'Never mind, as long as they get rid of him, as long as they overthrow him, no problem'." Their 29-year-old son was executed in July 2001, accused of harbouring warm feelings for Iran.So, in Iraq, you are anti-war for one of two reasons. One, because you have been successful in Saddam's Iraq and think a change in the status quo might disrupt your business. Two, you work for Saddam's government and have a lot to lose. So, why would anti-war protestors in the comfort of the west protest the only thing that can free the people of Iraq and bring them the joy they have experienced over the last few days? Their protests favor the wealthy and the government of Iraq. Not the poor. Not the oppressed. They protest because they are naive, but in the end, their naivety serves the goals of evil, of torture, of rape. And they should be held accountable for being evil's handmaidens.
