Cross-posted from Calitics
Last November, Bill McDannell was living in Lakeside, California. Today, he's walking somewhere near Dallas. In between, he's walked 1,000 miles, largely unnoticed and unappreciated, in opposition to the actions of this government. Four years after the invasion of Iraq, Bill McDannell is Walking to End the Wars.
At some spots along the way, the local media interview him, but he has yet to get any national exposure. He would like some, because more publicity would draw attention to the folly of the war, he says.
I don't know if it's possible for enough attention to be paid to the war and its effects, nor do I fail to understand that after four years, it's only natural to work within the context of the war; to move beyond the immediacy of the insanity. Indeed, that's the only way change is likely to come. But we can't hear enough about the people who take up this cause as their life's work, because without them, we'd all be lost.
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