"Let us not become the evil that we deplore."

Courageous Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland, CA) said these words 9/14/01 while refusing to support Bush/Cheney's use-of-force resolution. Around the edge of the artwork is an excerpt from Barbara's remarkably prophetic speech in which she cites the fabricated Tonkin Gulf incident used as a pretext for war in Viet Nam.