WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)

I had a post scheduled since January 20th this year, being that was the day Barack Obama came to office and I thought that this year would be relevant and important in bringing The War on Terrorism™ to an end, as President Obama had said that one of his first moves in office would be to bring the troops home and pull out of Iraq by August this year. Some said this was a fairly adventurous decision but even our own government mirrored Obama’s determination and also said they would have our troops home this year.

Me being the idiot I am, totally believed that it would mean they’d *actually* be home by Christmas this year and so scheduled a post (which I have now had to delete as completely irrelevant) to celebrate the first Christmas that alot of soldiers would have home since the war in Iraq started over 6 years ago.

I’ve since written this replacement post and have adopted John Lennon’s way of thinking – War is Over (If You Want It) as today just happens to be the day that he was assassinated and also the anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s War Is Over Campaign. Which was first launched 40 years ago today, back in 1969. The billboards went up accross the world in cities including New York, Tokyo, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Toronto, and some others.

I love the posters! Four decades old today and it just goes to show how classic design prevails, they still look awesome today. To download the poster or the desktop bckground be sure to click through to the Imagine Peace website.

Here is an excerpt from the above vid/documentary

John: We specifically did the poster event round the world for Christmas to try and get atleast one plug in for peace on Earth at Christmas because that’s what it’s about …and happy birthday Christ… that’s what it’s about.

Interviewer: If you had one wish for Christmas time what would it be?

Yoko: Peace

John: Peace on earth

Yoko: …and love

The video has graphic content, as it includes the video for Happy Xmas (War is Over) but I do reccomend you watch it if you can. I like John Lennon’s enthusiasm. He was eccentric, but he cared. The world would be a much better place if there were more people like him in it.