So far the language of protest is mostly "No War!" cast in a pre-emptive sense. But there is already an ongoing war in Iraq (and in many other places) using both economic and aggressive combat. The result is a documented genocide being waged against the Iraqi people, an insidiously and methodically planned one. That genocide is a result that will escalate correspondingly with any additional escalation in combat against Iraq has already been concluded and made public knowledge, although the specific word GENOCIDE is rarely mentioned. This is precisely the word we must use; our main slogan must be "STOP THE GENOCIDE IN IRAQ!" because it confers the reality of the current and future situation. It also confronts elites with the enormity and legal repercussions of their past and current actions: All US imperial policy planners for the past 25 years should be in the dock with Saddam Hussein to answer for their crimes against humanity. (The famous handshake between Rumsfeld and Hussein should be captioned with "Partners in Crimes Against Humanity," made into posters and plastered all over the USA, which is only one of many possible productive ideas that integrate the new rhetorical strategy.)

So lets make an effort to really tell-it-like-it-is and drop the "NO WAR IN IRAQ!" and adopt "NO MORE GENOCIDE IN IRAQ!"