…getting up from comfortable nihilism and going to the big marches today, here’s some encouragement-of-sorts from Robert Byrd, one of the few US Senators who currently dares to show a backbone:

“To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a

last resort, not a first choice. I truly must question the judgment of any

President who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation

which is over 50% children is “in the highest moral traditions of our

country”. This war is not necessary at this time. Pressure appears to be

having a good result in Iraq. Our mistake was to put ourselves in a corner

so quickly. Our challenge is to now find a graceful way out of a box of our

own making. Perhaps there is still a way if we allow more time.”