Three years

Three years ago today, Bush launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom".

Iraqis: at least 100,000 dead; countless human rights atrocities; standard of living far below what it was in February 2003; prospects dismal and getting worse daily. Terrorists: laughing it up in their wonderful new base of operations as they welcome a flood of new recruits. The rest of us: living in fear, wondering what happened to our civil liberties and the cherished 'values' that we were supposed to be defending. All of this: predicted by millions of us worldwide on and before 18 March 2003.

"We told you so" hardly seems adequate...

Details: Nikon D70, 18-70mm lens @ 50mm, f8, 1/125s, ISO 800. Downtown Ottawa, 30 November 2004. Anti-war demo marking Bush's visit to Canada after his re-"election".