We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
If those in charge of our society--politicians, corporate executives, and owners of the press and television--can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
--Howard Zinn (8/24/1922--1/27/2010)
