President Bush’s plan to send thousands more soldiers to Iraq drew protesters out to Times Square Thursday.
About 200 people gathered at the military recruitment center to
protest the war, chanting “1, 2, 3, 4 — bring ’em home, stop the war.”The rally was organized by United For Peace and Justice but many anti-war groups were in attendance.
“I think its just more fuel for the fire,” said one protestor.
“He’s been told by generals and elder statesman that what we’ve been
doing in the past isn’t going to help. So why would 20,000 more troops
help?”“Bush is wrong,” said Judith LeBalanc of United for Peace and
Justice. “He was wrong when he started the war, but now many people
Republicans and Democrats, the majority of people in our country, the
majority of people in Iraq, want the troops to come home. Adding more
troops only creates more crises and more dying.”There was a heavy police presence but everything remained peaceful.