Citizen Smash went to the anti-war protests in San Diego and filed several very interesting reports:

First, an overview of the whole thing:

I decided to go to the protest because I wanted to learn what this anti-war movement is all about. Why were these people so vehemently opposed to the overthrow of a brutal dictator, and the liberation of 25 million people from under the yoke of tyranny?

Then he gives us an idea of the kind of speakers they had:

And the first thing is that we need to support the Resistance of Iraqis in Iraq. (applause) Right. These are people who are risking their lives to get the United States out of their country. And we have to see them as our allies. We have to see them as our main allies.

And then he actually interviews the speaker:

SMASH: I want to talk about what you were saying up on stage. You had some ideas about how to fight the war in Iraq, or how to resist it. Could you sum those up for me?

REBECCA: OK. So, the main three points that I was talking about were, supporting Iraqi Resistance. I think that we need to see ourselves as allied with Iraqis who are opposing the war…

SMASH: Specifically, the armed Resistance, or…

REBECCA: Any, any resistance that’s occurring to the Occupation. I think that we have to…

The protests outside the US may have been large, but here they were nothing special. Certainly anyone comparing it to the Vietnam-era events needs to have their head examined.