{"id":1103,"date":"2006-05-17T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"0"},"modified":"2006-09-28T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T12:09:46","slug":"mo_karpinski_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Mo&#8217; Karpinski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little birdie (actually an attractive, well-armed birdie) mentioned that Karpinski is on a college lecture tour as a part of a program put on by the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcantwait.net\/\" target=\"browser\">World Can&#8217;t Wait<\/a>&#8221; folks &#8211; the ones whose tagline is &#8216;Drive Out The Bush Regime&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>If you go to their website, and then to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcantwait.net\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1354&#038;Itemid=5\" target=\"browser\">Speaking the Unspeakable: Is the Bush Administration Guilty of War Crimes &#038; Crimes Against Humanity<\/a> section, you&#8217;ll see that Karpinski spoke on April 26 at Harvard, on the 27th at MIT, on May 3 at Berkeley, the 4th at Stanford, May 9 at Northwestern, and will be speaking on May 18 at UCLA, along with <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Larry Everest, a journalist and author of Oil, Power, and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda. He has covered the Middle East and Central Asia for over 20 years for Revolution newspaper and other publications.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>among others.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a co-signer on the site of a petition (the whole thing, including the notables who signed it at below the fold) which pretty much takes on all the moonbat Hitler-simile talking points and is signed by everyone from Mumia to Cindy Sheehan to Susan Sarandon, with a few Democratic Congressmen thrown in for good measure (note that next time you argue that I&#8217;m unfairly linking Democrats to the lunatic fringes). <\/p>\n<p>The main impact on Karpinski is, sadly that she&#8217;s blowing any chance to have herself taken seriously as a military critic or reformer by aligning herself with these folks. And that for skeptics like me, it&#8217;s easier to dismiss her claims as a part and parcel of a worldview that&#8217;s only loosely attached to any reality that I know. That&#8217;s a shame, because part of me does believe that there are some things that need reforming in the military, and we need brave &#8211; if sane &#8211; critics to stand up and lead the way.Here&#8217;s the petition:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Sign the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government, on the basis of outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with other countries in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government is openly torturing people, and justifying it.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government puts people in jail on the merest suspicion, refusing them lawyers, and either holding them indefinitely or deporting them in the dead of night.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government is moving each day closer to a theocracy, where a narrow and hateful brand of Christian fundamentalism will rule.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government suppresses the science that doesn&#8217;t fit its religious, political and economic agenda, forcing present and future generations to pay a terrible price.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government is moving to deny women here, and all over the world, the right to birth control and abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour government enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>\nPeople look at all this and think of Hitler \u2014 and they are right to do so. The Bush regime is setting out to radically remake society very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come. We must act now; the future is in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>\nMillions and millions are deeply disturbed and outraged by this. They recognize the need for a vehicle to express this outrage, yet they cannot find it; politics as usual cannot meet the enormity of the challenge, and people sense this.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere is not going to be some magical &#8220;pendulum swing.&#8221; People who steal elections and believe they&#8217;re on a &#8220;mission from God&#8221; will not go without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>\nThere is not going to be some savior from the Democratic Party. This whole idea of putting our hopes and energies into &#8220;leaders&#8221; who tell us to seek common ground with fascists and religious fanatics is proving every day to be a disaster, and actually serves to demobilize people.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut silence and paralysis are NOT acceptable. That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn \u2014 or be forced \u2014 to accept. There is no escaping it: the whole disastrous course of this Bush regime must be STOPPED. And we must take the responsibility to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd there is a way. We are talking about something on a scale that can really make a huge change in this country and in the world. We need more than fighting Bush&#8217;s outrages one at a time, constantly losing ground to the whole onslaught. We must, and can, aim to create a political situation where the Bush regime&#8217;s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed. We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history.<\/p>\n<p>\nActing in this way, we join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently need and want this regime to be stopped. <\/p>\n<p>\nThis will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe point is this: history is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined. The future is unwritten. WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe World Can&#8217;t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime!<\/p>\n<p>\nSign the call now!<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Co-signers include (heck, here&#8217;s the whole list &#8211; it defines the beating heart of the &#8220;Amerikka&#8221; crowd):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actupny.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.actupny.org\/\">ACT UP<\/a>, New York City <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrikan.i-dentity.com\/freedom.now\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.afrikan.i-dentity.com\/freedom.now\/\">Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/a>, political prisoner, journalist<\/p>\n<p>\nImam Talib Abdur-Rashid, mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Justice Committee, Majlis Ash-Shura, NY<\/p>\n<p>\nPam Africa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onamove.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.onamove.com\/\">Move Organization<\/a> and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/\">After Downing Street Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/revson\/bio05-06\/alba.html\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/revson\/bio05-06\/alba.html\">Vicente &#8220;Panama&#8221; Alba<\/a>, Organizer, Laborers Union Local 108, New York<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Alberto Lovera&#8221; Bolivian Circle, New York<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimeeallison.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.aimeeallison.org\/\">Aimee Allison<\/a>, army conscientious objector (Gulf War<\/p>\n<p>\n90)\/counter-Recruiter<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgov.org\/site\/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7251\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgov.org\/site\/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7251\">Tom Ammiano<\/a>, San Francisco Board of Supervisors<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anti-flag.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.anti-flag.com\/\">Anti-Flag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAris Anagnos, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>\n<a mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.theaacc.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theaacc.org\/\">Arab American Community Coalition<\/a>, Seattle Washington<\/p>\n<p>\nCarlos Arango, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casaaztlan.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.casaaztlan.org\/\">Casa Aztlan<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000799\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000799\/\">Edward Asner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.tepeyac.org\" mce_real_href=\"www.tepeyac.org\">Asociacion Tepeyac<\/a> de New York<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.axisofjustice.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.axisofjustice.org\/\">Axis of Justice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dbacon.igc.org\/Unions\/01L1877.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/dbacon.igc.org\/Unions\/01L1877.htm\">Rosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asu.edu\/educ\/epsl\/EPRU\/bios\/ayers.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.asu.edu\/educ\/epsl\/EPRU\/bios\/ayers.htm\">William Ayers<\/a>, professor and author<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_Banks\" mce_real_href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russell_Banks\">Russell Banks<\/a>, writer<\/p>\n<p>\nFather Luis Barrios, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanromero.com\/about_us.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.sanromero.com\/about_us.htm\">Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas<\/a>, New York <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehistorymakers.com\/biography\/biography.asp?bioindex=32&amp;category=religionMakers\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.thehistorymakers.com\/biography\/biography.asp?bioindex=32&amp;category=religionMakers\">Rev. Willie Barrow<\/a>, Women Connecting*<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ed_Begley,_Jr.\" mce_real_href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ed_Begley,_Jr.\">Ed Begley Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.belafonte-asiteofsites.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.belafonte-asiteofsites.com\/\">Harry Belafonte<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nDave Berenson, Cleveland, OH, <a href=\"gp.org\" mce_real_href=\"gp.org\">U.S. Green Party<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/bhughes2\/iMovieTheater104.html\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/bhughes2\/iMovieTheater104.html\">Michael Berg<\/a>, anti-war activist<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1264624\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1264624\/\">Jessica Blank<\/a>, writer, actor<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakersandartists.org\/People\/BlaseBonpane.html\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.speakersandartists.org\/People\/BlaseBonpane.html\">Blase Bonpane<\/a>, author<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8thdaycenter.org\/aboutus\/staffbb.html\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.8thdaycenter.org\/aboutus\/staffbb.html\">Bob Bossie, SCJ<\/a>, 8th Day Center for Justice*<\/p>\n<p>\nFather Roy Bourgeois, MM<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedirectorsview.com\/StClairBourneBio.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.thedirectorsview.com\/StClairBourneBio.htm\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedirectorsview.com\/StClairBourneBio.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.thedirectorsview.com\/StClairBourneBio.htm\">St. Clair Bourne<\/a>, film maker <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/revson\/bio03-04\/brath.html\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cu\/revson\/bio03-04\/brath.html\">Elombe Brath<\/a>, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC<\/p>\n<p>\nCatharina Breinholm, musician (Nina Hagen)<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsfp.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.gsfp.org\/\">Jane Bright<\/a>, Co-founder, Gold Star Families for Peace<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolbrightman.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.carolbrightman.com\/\">Carol Brightman<\/a>, author, &#8220;Total Insecurity: The Myth of American Omnipotence&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustawi.org\/dennis.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.ustawi.org\/dennis.htm\">Dennis Brutus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabrielbyrnesite.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.gabrielbyrnesite.com\/\">Gabriel Byrne<\/a>, Actor<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.campusantiwar.net\" mce_real_href=\"www.campusantiwar.net\">Campus Anti-War Network(CAN)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Carpenter\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Carpenter\">Tim Carpenter<\/a>, Director, Progressive Democrats of America<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/ChicagoADAPT\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/ChicagoADAPT\/\">Center for Constitutional Rights<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/a>Chicago ADAPT<\/p>\n<p>\nCHOICE USA<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ward_Churchill\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ward_Churchill\">Ward Churchill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legitgov.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.legitgov.org\/\">Citizens For Legitimate Government<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kateclinton.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.kateclinton.com\/\">Kate Clinton<\/a>, humorist<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cobb\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cobb\">Clothing of American Mind<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/a>David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink4peace.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink4peace.org\/\">Code Pink<\/a>: Women for Peace<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevecolmanpoet.com\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.stevecolmanpoet.com\/\">Steve Colman<\/a>, poet<br class=\"\"><a href=\"www.johnconyers.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.johnconyers.com\">John Conyers<\/a>, US Representative<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.funkadesi.com\/carlos.html\" mce_real_href=\"www.funkadesi.com\/carlos.html\">Carlos Cornier<\/a>, percussionist, Funkadesi, Old Town School of Folk<\/p>\n<p>\nMusic<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.barrycrimmins.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.barrycrimmins.com\">Barry Crimmins<\/a>, writer\/<br class=\"\">correspondent, Air America Radio&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.cultureclash.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.cultureclash.com\">Culture Clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jknirp.com\/dahm.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.jknirp.com\/dahm.htm\">Charles W. Dahm (Father Chuck)<\/a>, Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisdaly.org\/site\/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=30221\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisdaly.org\/site\/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=30221\">Chris Daly<\/a>, San Francisco Board of Supervisors<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/home.no.net\/site\/delpyweb\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/home.no.net\/site\/delpyweb\/\">Julie Delpy<\/a>, Actress<\/p>\n<p>\nDC Anti-War Network<a href=\"http:\/\/rwor.org\/a\/carldix\/cd.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/rwor.org\/a\/carldix\/cd.htm\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/a>Democrats.com<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rwor.org\/a\/carldix\/cd.htm\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/rwor.org\/a\/carldix\/cd.htm\">Carl Dix<\/a>, Revolutionary Communist Party<\/p>\n<p>\nLeonard &#8220;Len&#8221; Dominguez, Candidate for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.cook.il.us\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.co.cook.il.us\/\">Cook County<\/a> Commissioner, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dwdc.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.dwdc.org\/\">Dominican Women&#8217;s Development Center<\/a>, New York<\/p>\n<p>\nAriel Dorfman, writer<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.tomduane.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.tomduane.com\">Tom Duane<\/a>, NY State Senator<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.michaelericdyson.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.michaelericdyson.com\">Michael Eric Dyson<\/a>, author, &#8220;Is Bill Cosby Right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"www.steveearle.com\" mce_real_href=\"www.steveearle.com\">Steve Earle<\/a>, musician<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niles_Eldredge\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niles_Eldredge\">Niles Eldredge<\/a>, curator of the Darwin Show at the <a href=\"www.amnh.org\" mce_real_href=\"www.amnh.org\">Museum of Natural History<\/a>, NYC<\/p>\n<p>\nEdwin Ellis, President of <a target=\"_blank\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransforpeace.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransforpeace.org\/\">Veterans for Peace<\/a>, LA*<\/p>\n<p>\nDaniel Ellsberg, author of &#8220;The Pentagon Papers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vday.org\/contents\/vday\/aboutvday\/eveensler\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.vday.org\/contents\/vday\/aboutvday\/eveensler\">Eve Ensler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nMichelle Esrick, actress, poet, filmmaker<\/p>\n<p>\nDonelle Estey, artist, <a href=\"www.aawnyc.org\" mce_real_href=\"www.aawnyc.org\">Artists Against the War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nChristian Ettinger, exec. prod. of film &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upstatefilms.org\/weather\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.upstatefilms.org\/weather\/\">The Weather Underground<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\nJodie Evans, <u><font color=\"#800080\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink4peace.org\/\" mce_real_href=\"http:\/\/www.codepink4peace.org\/\">Code Pink<\/a><\/font><\/u> <\/p>\n<p>\nNina Felshin, curator, writer<\/p>\n<p>\nLawrence Ferlinghetti<\/p>\n<p>\nRev. John Fife<\/p>\n<p>\nJane Fonda<\/p>\n<p>\nProf. Barbara Forrest, Southeastern Louisana University (testifed in Dover against intelligent design)<\/p>\n<p>\nMichael Franti, musician<\/p>\n<p>\nAaron Freeman, comdian<\/p>\n<p>\nSamina Faheem Fundas, American Muslim Voice*<\/p>\n<p>\nreg e. gaines, poet, playwright<\/p>\n<p>\nMartin Garbus, NYC<\/p>\n<p>\nDeborah Glick, NY State Assemblywoman<\/p>\n<p>\nTed Glick, Climate Crisis Coalition<\/p>\n<p>\nGlobal Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside Church,<\/p>\n<p>\nNew York<\/p>\n<p>\nFrances Goldin, literary agent<\/p>\n<p>\nSam Greenlee, poet<\/p>\n<p>\nAndr\u00e9 Gregory, theater director<\/p>\n<p>\nAndy Griggs, US Labor Against the War, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LA*<\/p>\n<p>\nJose Guerrero, artist and muralist, Chicago<\/p>\n<p>\nLawrence Guyot, former SNCC member and former Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party<\/p>\n<p>\nPaul Haggis, Academy Award Winning Director\/Writer of Crash, screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby<\/p>\n<p>\nHaitian Coalition for Justice<\/p>\n<p>\nSuheir Hammad, poet<\/p>\n<p>\nSam Hamill, Poets Against War<\/p>\n<p>\nKathleen Hanna, Le Tigre<\/p>\n<p>\nDavid Harris, founder of The Resistance*, writer<\/p>\n<p>\nJon Hendricks, jazz singer\/lyricist<\/p>\n<p>\nJon Hendricks, artist<\/p>\n<p>\nWarren M. Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, Director, Boulder Abortion Clinic<\/p>\n<p>\nEric Hilton, Thievery Corporation<\/p>\n<p>\nHip Hop Caucus<\/p>\n<p>\nDorothy Hoobler, PEN<\/p>\n<p>\nMarie Howe, poet and writer<\/p>\n<p>\nImpeach Bush Coalition<\/p>\n<p>\nMesha Monge Irizarry, Idriss StelleyFoundation<\/p>\n<p>\nIslamic Association of America<\/p>\n<p>\nAbdeen Jabara, past president, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee*<\/p>\n<p>\nRev. Jesse L. Jackson<\/p>\n<p>\nRon Jacobs, writer<\/p>\n<p>\nDahr Jamail, independent journalist<\/p>\n<p>\nPramila Jayapal, Executive Director, Hate Free Zone Washington<\/p>\n<p>\nAlan Jones, Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College*<\/p>\n<p>\nBill T. Jones, dancer<\/p>\n<p>\nSarah Jones, poet and actor<\/p>\n<p>\nRickie Lee Jones, musician<\/p>\n<p>\nEsther Kaplan, author of With God On Their Side<\/p>\n<p>\nJanis Karpinski, Brig. General (retired)<\/p>\n<p>\nCasey Kasem<\/p>\n<p>\nM. Ali Khan, American Muslim Council<\/p>\n<p>\nC. Clark Kissinger<\/p>\n<p>\nFrances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice*<\/p>\n<p>\nYuri Kochiyama<\/p>\n<p>\nRon Kovic, author, Vietnam Veteran<\/p>\n<p>\nJonathan Kozol<\/p>\n<p>\nJoyce Kozloff, artist<\/p>\n<p>\nJim Lafferty, Executive Director of the National Lawyer&#8217;s Guild of Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>\nRay Laforest, organizer, DC 1707, AFSCME*; member, Pacifica National Board*<\/p>\n<p>\nBeth Lamont<\/p>\n<p>\nJessica Lange<\/p>\n<p>\nLewis Lapham, former editor, Harper&#8217;s Magazine<\/p>\n<p>\nMartha Lavey, Chicago<\/p>\n<p>\nMark Leno, California Assemblyman<\/p>\n<p>\nRabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine<\/p>\n<p>\nJames Levin, co-director of Cleveland Festival of Arts &amp; Technology (Ingenuity)<\/p>\n<p>\nSimon Levy, director, &#8220;What I Heard About Iraq&#8221; at Fountain St. Theatre<\/p>\n<p>\nToby Devan Lewis<\/p>\n<p>\nBruce Lincoln, professor, History of Religions, University of Chicago<\/p>\n<p>\nMargarita Lopez, New York City Council Member<\/p>\n<p>\nHaki R. 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