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Saying "No" to the War Party: A Collection of Essays and Photos in Opposition to Iraq War No. 2

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Of all the essays in this book, I think the one entitled, "War Is Theft," sort of sums up everything up that the author has to say, and in a cogent way, too. In talking of the Iraq War, (which was starting that very day, March 20, 2003), the author asked, "Who's going to pay for this immoral, obscenely expensive, clearly unjustified war with Iraq? Answer: The American taxpayers, that's who!" There are other essays by Hughes that are just as compelling, whether they are about the War Hawks, the fading national economy, the union-bashing "free trade" policy, the demise of our Steel Industry, or those scheming Neocons. Hughes is right on target. As a citizen of this once-great Republic, which is headed for a train wreck, I think Hughes is out their waving a "Red Flag," to warn us there is trouble down the road. People better wake up. I suggest they start by reading this book.

This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about where America is headed. Today, we're doing Global Cop in Iraq. If the hawkish Neocons, like Richard Perle, get their way: Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia, could be next on our invasion target list. Hughes has done a solid job documenting how we got into the Iraq quagmire and how complicit the Mass Media has been, acting like a lapdog for the administration of George W. Bush, Jr. I also like the photos of the Anti-war rallies, especially the demonstrations that were held in Washington, DC and NYC.

In his book, "Saying 'No' to the War Party," William Hughes intelligently and courageously covers many important topics, bringing to bear on many of them his extensive law experience. The voice of the people is so often ignored, as the mass media cozy up to the bottom line of profit-making. Mr. Hughes shows no such restraint, and his writing is refreshingly honest.

William Hughes, in his book, "Saying "NO" to the War Party", has as much love for America and its future as some of the first patriots in this country; i.e., George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. He sticks his neck out by speaking and writing about the atrocities that our government is taking, not only in this country, but with our faulty foreign policy, mainly in the Middle East. He writes about the passionate attachment the U.S. has with Israel, turning its head all of the time as the Israelis roll over the Palestinians, breaking hundreds of U.N. Resolutions and the Geneva Accord, as well as occupying other sovereign nations, bombing the U.S.S. Liberty, the murder of several Aermicans including Rachel Corrie and bringing the U.S. war machine into Iraq sending it back to the stone age.

He is a believer in the underdog and fights for justice, both in the U.S., Palestine and in Ireland. Every American that wants to see our freedoms protected and be aware of the evils that exist in our country, should read this book.

Sounds like a bad idea to me. No matter where you stand on that particular topic.

Yet on this book, there is a 15-year old (is his name Kids Review or is this supposed to be one) posting hisreview twice.

I think that Hughes has some good points about the war in Iraq and the dangers of administrations like Bush's. Where he loses me is in his hatred towards Israel -- this is a man who thinks that Israel shouldn't exist and blames many of our country's problems on Israel's existance. He seems to really believe that there would have been no 9/11 or no war in Iraq if Israel didn't exist in the first place. Sorry, Hughes...a bit far-fetched!

I strongly disagree with all of the reviewers of this book. I am only fifteen and I can still see the error in your 5 star giveaway . The fact that everybody is convinced the media is somehow cuddling with Bush is simply moronic. Need I remind you that all except for one national news channel (Fox News Channel) leans to the left (to different degrees of course)And just because someone writes a book about something you beleive in, doesn't make it well written. Final thought, I think this book was poorly written and I'm not even a republican, then again I'm not a democrat either. I just hope some people take my reveiw into consideration.