Comment to Artbrook
If you regard my posting as a rant you must lead a very sheltered life.Get out more!

The anti war movement has mobilised millions across the world and indeed in the UK .
On the 15th Feb 2003 on the eve of the invasion of Iraq some 2 million people maarched through London to protest at the impending invasion.I was one of that number.
There was a huge cross section of society there that day calling for peace and saying that if the war came it would not be in our name.This was the largest ever protest march in British history.

On the same day in dozens of other cities across the world including in the USA millions more marched to stop the war ...a truely inspiring and dramatic opposition to the war liars and death dealers in both Washington and London.
As regards Chomsky he is world renowned as a critic of both imperialism and corporate America....the cause of much of the decay in American democratic life.And Gore Vidal is equally eloquent in his targetting of Imperial America and the destruction it has caused to democratic values in the USA.

The Dixie Chicks of course were hounded by the right wing bully boys on the American media for their criticisms of George Bush. I think that makes them quite notable!!
One last point about the use of depleted uranium shells if one hit you in the face you wouldnt recognise it! Surprising how many who supported the war play down the terrible effects of these radioactive horrors.
The Stop The War Coalition is holding its annual conference in London on the 10th June.
Ifor