Eve of destruction. “…this war, like Bush’s larger ‘war on terrorism,’ has no clear definition of its aims, its scope or its foes — and that such a war has no end in sight and can have no victory.” [emphasis mine] Powerful words, and wise words. That’s the intellectual and the emotional turn that I think many of us who are against this war have made. It’s not a question of whether or not we’ll win – that’s a purely military question about something that isn’t a purely military issue. Those of us against this project know that there CAN be no ‘victory’ from all of this, at least not in any meaningful sense.

UK Leader of the House’s resignation speech: “We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption that Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim that he is a threat.” Read the rest of the speech as well; it is simply one of the most eloquent expressions against the upcoming war that balances censure of Iraq and a protest against this particular project of war.

A Naked Bid to Redraw World Map. “Whether this war is short or long, extremely bloody or just bloody, the stark fact is that a barely elected president has made the United States the first colonizer of the 21st century, openly declaring that he plans to reorder the politics, economy and culture of the Muslim world.”

of important questions within the US about the upcoming war at MSNBC today: The Arrogant Empire. “But above all, [the US] must make the world comfortable with its power by leading through consensus. America’s special role in the world – its ability to buck history – is based not simply on its great strength, but on a global faith that this power is legitimate. If America squanders that, the loss will outweigh any gains in domestic security. And this next American century could prove to be lonely, brutish and short.”