From OpinionJournal.com:

Here in America, meanwhile, support for the liberation of Iraq is overwhelming. Reader Don Crawford, a talk-show host at KLBJ in Austin, Texas, writes with the latest on his pro-American demonstrations (which we first noted last week):



Just wanted to update you on our having hardworking Americans who support the war effort turn on their lights from 8 to 10 each night. It has been fantastic! We rule the night!



At our Web site, we have links to traffic cameras all over the nation. We have found each night of our show (Saturday and Sunday nights), not only are virtually all drivers in Austin supporting the war by turning on their headlights, but the same is happening in nearly every metroplex in America!

We did find one traffic cam in Houston--West Loop 610 at Westheimer--at which no lights were on. At first we thought it must be a radical leftist stronghold, but we since have learned that that intersection is closed due to construction.

Our Motorcade for War Against Saddam last Monday morning was amazing and gratifying. Every freeway and side street was full of cars from 6 to 9 a.m., and by 9 virtually every parking lot in Austin was at least at 80% full! It was unbelievable! We just hope the politicians and the left got the message: Americans stand behind the president in the need to stop Saddam and to stop him soon.

...We now want not only to get citizens involved, but municipal governments as well. We have asked the city of Austin and neighboring communities to show their support for the war by turning on the street lights on all our roads at dusk and leaving them on at least until 10 each night until Saddam is deposed. We know the city of Austin, as liberal as it is, intends to join in this effort. Now, if all the cities in America would do the same, perhaps the leftists in Congress and the U.N. would finally get the message!



Melissa Hart of the Ithaca Journal is right: "Active participation does make [a] difference." Living in Manhattan, we don't own a car, but we did wander out to observe the protests last Saturday and Sunday nights, and we can report that tens of thousands of New Yorkers braved bone-chilling cold to show their support for the war. Cars, trucks, SUVs, taxis, even city buses--almost all had their headlights on. It was such a beautiful sight that we had to fight back tears. Just on our block, we saw a couple of BMWs and a Mercedes, their lights beaming. So much for German "pacifism."

Granted, New York still bears the scars of Sept. 11; it's possible that folks are less patriotic in, say, Berkeley or San Francisco. But with the possible exception of a few benighted enclaves, America shines in its support for freedom.



Go check outside in your town tonight after 8:00 PM and see for yourself the broad support in this nation for the ousting of Saddam!

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