So, anywhere between 750,000 and 2 million anti-war protestors amassed on Hyde Park this weekend after a long march through London. Needless to say the music world was well represented with long-time anti-war protestors Damon Albarn and 3-D joined by Ms Dynamite, John Peel, Billy Bragg to mention but a few.
Getting quite dramatic Ms Dynamite, whose was one of the key acts in the rally's music finale, demanded of Tony Blair: "How long will you lie and deceive this country and speak so many words but very few truths? Don't underestimate or insult our intelligence. Let the truth be told. I believe war is not the answer. He who preaches war is the devil's chaplain, he is tarnished by the beast."
As similar protests took place across the world that other long time peace advocate Moby got optimistic on his website, urging the Iraqis to go for an early surrender if military action should begin. "Maybe someone in the Iraqi military will see the futility in wasting lives and resources trying to stand up to the American military, and will in turn surrender before a shot is fired. That would seem to be the sensible and compassionate thing to do, because any Iraqi resistance in the face of the American war machine will most likely be an exercise in bloody futility, at least based on any sort of objective assessment of the American military’s current capabilities as opposed to the Iraqi military’s current capabilities… which is why I hope that someone in the Iraqi military will have the compassionate sense to not needlessly waste the lives of Iraqi soldiers and civilians in fighting a war that they have no chance of winning."