Much more than protests needed to ensure peace

The anti-American sentiment was overwhelmingly feverish, especially in nations that have close economic and political ties with the United States. In Toulouse, 10,000 Frenchmen joined against the U.S. chanting, “They bomb, they exploit, they pollute, enough of this barbarity.” The anti-war movement as seen this past weekend is really characterized by two things: its sheer size, and its complete lack of cohesion. Americans, Europeans and Iraqis themselves marched for markedly different reasons, a