Students, veterans, workers denounce Iraq war at Saturday protests

Many of those interviewed by the WSWS reporters expressed anger not only at the Bush administration, but at the Democratic Party for its complicity in the war.

JoAnn and Robert Drozd have a son in the 173rd Airborne. “He spent a year in Afghanistan and he is due to get out in July,” JoAnn told the WSWS. “I am afraid that he might get stop-lossed and sent back to Iraq with the surge in troops.”

“I am against the war in Iraq,” she continued. “It is an illegal and unjust war. I believe that it is being done for profit and we don’t want our son there. I think both parties, Democrats and Republicans, think there is money to be made with this war and that’s why they are supporting it.”

Asked about leading figures in the Democratic Party, including Hilary Clinton, JoAnn responded, “Hillary Clinton is a typical politician—she beats around the bush and doesn’t answer the questions.”

The protest drew tens of thousands of students and youth from around the country, and for many, Saturday’s protest was their first in Washington. WSWS reporters met Daniel Montgomery, Shannon Isaacs, and Ari Staiger, all high school students who had traveled from Ohio.

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