Daydreaming and Wishful Thinking....

Havana, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Most US citizens oppose the war, a fact that can be proved with the series of vigils and demonstrations which are taking place today throughout the United States.
"Most see the war as a mistake, predicated on a series of lies spread by the Bush regime," said Bill Koehnlein, member of the Brecht Forum in New York and the US representative of Ocean Press, based in Melbourne, Australia, in an e-mail interview with Prensa Latina.
Current actions are sparked by the fact that more than 2000 United States soldiers have now died in the war against Iraq. "Most demonstrations will also demand that the US withdraw from Iraq and end the aggression against that country," he said.
Protesters across the United States are taking part in hundreds of vigils and rallies on Wednesday to pressure President George W. Bush to end the war and bring American soldiers home.
"Bush and company all seem to be living in a fantasy world, and it's up to the US people to either give them a dose of reality or give them the bum's rush," Koehnlein said.
He considered that "a smaller minority in opposition sees it not as a mistake, but as deliberate US policy intended to extend US hegemony over the Middle East, economically and militarily, thus expanding US control over the world's oil resources."
The Brecht Forum rep said US hegemony throughout the world has been increasingly and more effectively challenged, and the US ruling class has become more desperate.
About the war in Iraq, Koehnlein also talked about the number of Iraqi civilians dead, a murky figure from around 30,000 to over 100,000, as well as the US military deaths.
Most of the US dead were young people from 19 to 30 years old and came from humble, working class backgrounds. Most joined the army or the other services because the military recruiters applied the hard sell, making promises of great educational benefits and more.
But now "there is no hint at all that what the army is all about is killing and getting killed," he said.
"Even just one death would have been one too many. We must place the blame for these deaths firmly where it belongs: at the feet of the United States," he said.
"The Bush regime is, as the whole world knows, totally arrogant and refuses to pay heed to the criticisms of other governments, not to mention popular opinion," he added.
"It ignores protests and dissent in US streets, but with this regime's entire agenda, from attacks on social programs to the governmental failure in New Orleans there is no way it can bury its head in the sand any longer. It seems that the Bush regime is collapsing, and it's about time," Koehnlein said.