Virtual March on Baghdad

Why didn't I think of this before?

Inspired by the Moveon.org peace (for Saddam) activists and the Virtual March on Washington, I just started a Virtual March on Baghdad!

The Virtual March on Washington was a flood of phone calls and faxes to the White House and Congress asking our (elected) officials to find a peaceful way out of the Iraq conflict. Likewise, the Virtual March on Baghdad will be a parade of phone calls and faxes to the (unelected) officials of the Tikrit Mafia asking them to find a peaceful way out of the conflict.

I just took the first bold step and telephoned the office of the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations in New York with a statement of peace. My remarks were:

Hello, I'm an American who wishes to see a peaceful solution to the conflict between Iraq and the United States. For the sake of the Iraqi people, I call on Saddam Hussein and the current Iraqi government to surrender in order to avoid the loss of innocent lives.

The man on the other end of the line said:

Yes, but there's nobody in the office right now.

You too can join the Virtual March on Baghdad. The Iraqi UN Mission may be reached at Telephone: (212) 737-4433, Telefax: (212) 772-1794.

Anybody know how to get in touch with Janeane Garofalo? I'd like her to be our spokeswoman.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 28, 2003 05:47 PM