War Protestors -- What Are They Good For?

The anti-war folks are still out there? Guess so...

Nearly 100 demonstrators lined the streets near Centennial Park yesterday holding homemade signs that promoted peace and decried war at a rally marking the second anniversary of the Iraq war.

Some held children as they stood, while others tightened the leashes of their barking dogs. Frequently, drivers passing by honked horns in support of the protest, holding up two fingers in the peace sign.

''What we call for is to bring the troops home,'' said Matt Leber, coordinator of Nashville Peace & Justice Center, ''and the United Nations takes the lead. So the United States would not be the primary decision maker but primarily fund the rebuilding of Iraq.''

Numerous protesters interviewed at yesterday's event believe there is no need for the war and feel the money could be better spent on other programs.

No need for the war, yet we'd keep funding the rebuilding, to be managed by the U.N., an agency with as much corruption and mismanagement as Enron. Makes sense to me, but how does that give us money for other programs?