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Session I. 22 Million Iraqis
“With Weapons of the Will” (p. 20)

Nonviolence is not about putting flowers in gun barrels, say Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall. “It is not about making a point, it's about taking power.” As the Bush administration maps a military route to ending the regime of Saddam Hussein, Middle East peacemakers remind the U.S. of a higher road to democracy—one that incorporates the power of 22 million Iraqis.

Questions to Consider
1. What do you know about the history of the United States in Iraq? What do you think drives the Bush administration's plan to depose Saddam Hussein?

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Sojourners Magazine September-October 2002
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