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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Norwegians Place Anti-Bush Ad in Washington Post

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegians including artists and politicians made a rare foray into U.S. politics Tuesday with an advertisement in a U.S. newspaper saying that President Bush's war on terror was backfiring.

The Norwegian group "www.tellhim.no" said it used about $50,000 in donations from 4,000 people to fund the advertisement in the Washington Post to tell Bush that 80 percent of people in NATO-member Norway opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

"Mr. President, your country can once again be a leading example of democracy and freedom, inspiring a world where terrorism can no longer breed," it said. "Your present policy only fosters resistance, more than ever, everywhere."

It urged a shift in U.S. foreign policy to allow greater U.N. involvement in Iraq, an apology to the Iraqi people for the war and compensation for victims. [...]

Resistance, eh?

An interesting word in the historical context, given the betrayal of Norway to the Nazis by Vidkun Quisling, and the brave resistance of the Norwegian people to that occupation. The wording of the ad almost makes it sound as though those men and women are no different from the current crop of Islamic jihadis. Surely that wasn't what was intended, was it? I mean, just because we have a film-maker who thinks the people blowing up buses and marketplaces are no different from the Minutemen, it doesn't mean everyone thinks like that, does it?

posted by Terry at 3:15:00 PM

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