March 21: To Washington for Immigration Reform

I'll be there tomorrow and Sunday. I'll march with those who believe the people deserve a bit of dignity and the right to come out of the shadows. I'll also be reporting for El molino Online. But as I dust off my marching boots, let my voice join those reminding President Barack Obama some of the words that inspired many (including this blogger) to support him.

It was 7 years ago that US invaded Iraq

I remember as if it were yesterday. I remember how I told everyone I knew, and even people on the streets, how wrong it was. I got in fights with family members, friends and total unknowns.

They all believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. I did not. I knew it wasn't so. I knew the embedded press were in bed with the militarists. They told me I believed in conspiracy theories. I spoke out. Marched. Talked endlessly. Lost sleep. And in the end, was unable to change anything and watched how a nasty war started.

I've seen young people come back a third of what they were: physical and emotionally scarred, families broken. Forever. For nothing. Nothing. Nothing other than greed, blindness and the endless pursuit of an imperialistic policy. Seven years, 4800 american lives, 30 thousand wounded, 100,000 iraqis dead, millions of lives destroyed. Almost $800 Billion wasted. What a crime against humanity.

My silence.

First time I've come this way in a while. No I didn't give it up. And no, I didn't stop writing. I've been involved in a similar project, not as personal but highly involving. It's the mother of all blogs, or rather La Mama de todos los blogs. El Molino Online.