Iraq anti-War Protest Fizzles

The New York Times reports on the failing anti-war movement. They used to attract millions but with the successes in Afghanistan and Iraq coupled with the Palestinian elections and Lebanese uprising, the world has turned against the anti-war movement. About time.

LONDON (AP) -- Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters demonstrated across Europe on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, with 45,000 Britons marching from London's Hyde Park past the American Embassy to Trafalgar Square.

I think it's telling that all the major news outlets are using this one AP report for their story; with one notable exception - The BBC. The BBC doesn't report on the failed marches at all. The only thing on their website is a slideshow with a few protesters comments with one of the organizers claiming that 150,000 protesters showed up. The London police put the figure at 45,000 but it looked a lot less. I guess the BBC didn't want to report on the failure of their left wing buddies.

What really stands out in this report is what's missing from it. Did you notice that in this one AP report that all major outlets are using, that there is absolutely no mention of protest numbers in America? Why? After all, the whole point of the protest is to attack the great Satan - America - isn't it?

Here's why they don't report the numbers from America:

Two years after the American-led invasion of Iraq, relatively small crowds of demonstrators - the home guard of the anti-war movement - mobilized yesterday in New York, San Francisco and cities and towns across the nation to condemn the war and demand the withdrawal of allied forces. [...]

The American crowds ranged from about 350 in Times Square to several thousand in San Francisco. And in contrast to the vociferous rage of demonstrations two years ago, yesterday's protests were mostly somber and low-key, with marchers carrying cardboard coffins in silence to the beat of funereal drums, with rally speakers alluding often to the war dead and subdued crowds keeping behind police barriers.

It's taken over 30 years to defeat these moonbats but thanks to Bush and with the aid of bloggers, the communist led anti-war movement is finally dead. Good riddance to bad rubbish!
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