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I just received my February 5th issue of The Nation magazine. This week's cover is very powerful. No cartoonish illustrations, no biting headlines. Just the following text, in large, bold characters:World opinion is against the US escalation in Iraq. The American people are against it. The Iraqi people are against it. The Iraqi government is against it. Can a single man force a nation to fight a war it does not want to fight, expand a war it does not want to expand? If he can, is that nation any longer a democracy in any meaningful sense? If not, how can democratic rule and the republican form of government be restored?That pretty much says it all. I think our only hope is that Congress will do everything in its power to stop this madness. -----
