Anya and I summarized our belief about the war in the following letter to the Times, which didn't get printed, so I'll include it here:
Thank you for Susan Saulny's article on the rally planned for February 15th. We are politically unaffiliated New Yorkers, open to the reality that force may be necessary to secure justice and peace, but who are nonetheless marching on Saturday to protest the damage that the Bush administration is inflicting on our democracy and international law by pursuing an agenda of war with ever-revolving justifications, closed debates, threats of unilateralism, and diplomatic strong-arming.
Furthermore, Judge Jones' decision (under pressure from the Federal government in the form of an amicus curae brief) to unfairly limit the form of the protest transforms the act of attending the rally into the simple assertion of our right to free speech. At a time when citizens and immigrants are being detained without trial, civil liberties are in danger for all Americans, and registering dissent against such anti-democratic tactics becomes a patriotic duty.
Anya Kamenetz