Tuesday,
June 12, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
It
is extremely shocking the vehemence vs George Bush in
The
Italians are much more forgiving than I would be. If a country elected such an arrogant , power mad , war monger, I would hold those voters
responsible, especially since they did it twice, and seem to be impotent at reigning
him in.
The
reporter first speaks of the extreme Security needed , the numerous Anti
Bush Posters and Protests, and then how quickly they can shift from their EXTREME
dislike of Bush, to abruptly embark on friendly conversations inquiring about
the reporters life, and discuss the places they have been in the US ,
or would like to see.
Remarkable.
By Rachel Boyd
June 11, 2007
I am living in
But these days, it's easy to assume that
Following the G-8 summit, President George W. Bush visited
Posters for a "Push Bush
Out" anti-war parade covered the walls of buildings in my beautiful
medieval neighborhood all this week, and on Saturday, tens of thousands of
Italians gathered to show their disapproval of the Iraq war and the current
U.S. administration.
Security for Bush's visit was notably high:
On Saturday, ignoring the worries of my embassy, my family and my friends here,
I decided to explore one of those protests anyway. I spoke with and read the
literature of the dozens of anti-war groups gathered in Piazza della Repubblica, and I saw thousands of people holding peace
flags, "Bush,
This sentiment could be construed as anti-American, but walking among these
protesters and translating their signs, I didn't feel targeted. Bush as a man,
not the symbol of a nation, was the focus of their posters; most of them never
mentioned the
"We don't agree with the foreign policy of Bush," said Lorenzo Stracquadaneo, 26, one of the protesters. "But we're
anti-Bush, not anti-Americans."
This sentiment that Bush, not the
Italians I meet love to hear about where I'm from, and they like to hear about
the lobsters and cold weather in
In my visits to
Rachel Boyd of
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