I think this was a great demonstration. It took place in the German parliament on February 26, 2010. They demonstrated the loss of civilian lives in this 8 year old war on Afghanistan, and of course, since the NATO troops are there to bring 'freedom and democracy' to the Afghan people, killing them off is not really advancing the overall goals. Here is a piece from the news article:
GERMANY’S LEFT Party was expelled from the Bundestag yesterday after its members held up signs bearing the names of Afghan civilians killed in a German-ordered airstrike last September. The protest came in the middle of a parliamentary debate on extending Germany’s nine-year military mission to Afghanistan by a further year.
Some 429 MPs voted for and 111 against the new mandate – 16 fewer votes in favour than last time – allowing troop numbers to be increased by 850 to 5,350. The opposition Green Party abstained and, after being re-admitted, the Left Party MPs contributed to the 111 votes against the mandate.
“This was no routine vote, we reject the war in Afghanistan,” said Gesine Lötzsch, the Left Party’s designate co-leader, after MPs held up about 70 signs with names of victims. One read: “Ali Mohammad, farmer, 35 years old, nine children. “This was a dignified way of remembering individual people with names and biographies who have died, deaths that have brought calamity on their families.”
At least they tried to bring some sense to the German parliament!
BRING AMERICA HOME!
END OUR WORLD WIDE MILITARY EMPIRE!
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