First, we had this yesterday from the pope with a pulse:

Published on Monday, February 10, 2003 by the Times/UK
Pope Takes Issue with America's 'Just War'
by Richard Owen in Rome

THE POPE launched an eleventh-hour crusade yesterday to avert a war against Iraq, for which he believes there is no justification.

The ageing pontiff rebuffed attempts by the Bush Administration to persuade him that impending military action against Baghdad amounted to a Christian "just war".

From Common Dreams website, read the rest of the article here:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0210-03.htm

And then, today France's Chirac & Russia's Putin come out with a JOINT STATEMENT declaring there is no justification for war against Iraq at this time.

THEN NATO, for the first time in it's history, turns down a "request for assistance" from member Turkey, effectively throwing YET ANOTHER ROADBLOCK in the Bush/Blair warpath!!!

This is a GREAT DAY for lovers of peace around the world!

Hooray! There is hope yet--get yourselves in the streets--any streets, anywhere in the world this Saturday, with a sign that says "NO BLOOD FOR OIL!" or some such. We can do it, people! Help Chirac, Putin, Schroeder, and NATO grow a backbone that can stand up to the Anglo Axis of Empire!