Approximately 300 protesters from the Bay Area met at a popular San Francisco beach yesterday to call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.

However, rather than the usual signs and placards, the protesters chose a different way to get the message across instead by using their bodies to form the word IMPEACH, that stretched more than one hundred yards across the sand.

 A large crowd of about three hundred tourists and locals enthusiastically vocalized their opinions -- both pro and con -- as news helicopters hovered over the scene, recording the event on a section of beach that was dubbed by local radio DJ's as "Nancy Pelosi's backyard."

Mr. Allen Barnett of the Marin Peace and Justice Coalition was on the scene distributing bumper stickers emblazoned with the word IMPEACH!  He said they were there because Congress needs a very strong push to recognize that something must be done immediately to resolve the conflict in Iraq.

"At this point they are reluctant, and if we put enough pressure on them, we can do it," he said. "In order to impeach Nixon, the people simply had to rise up, Congress didn't have the guts for it."

Barnett acknowledged a parallel between Vietnam and the present situation in Iraq today. "They are all afraid now (Congress) that they are going to loose votes if they withdraw the troops, so they are paying with bodies for their re-elections.  The battle will be joined next week when Bush talks" he said.

The majority of younger protesters were concerned over recent statements made by Bush regarding proposed increases in soldiers and Marines in Iraq, sparking debate over the possibility of the draft being resurrected.

One young man, an Iranian-American who requested his name not be used, was adamant about his refusal to participate "In any manner. Under pain of death, I will not go."

Another, Julio, said that the government has a responsibility to be truthful to citizens it asks to serve in the military. "9/11, the weapons of mass destruction, none of those [assertions] happened to be true so there's no reason to go," he said.

They spoke of the revulsion they felt at the Iraqi civilian deaths. Julio cited stories of Iraq veteran friends who had returned home with accounts of being ordered to shoot civilians by their superiors "point blank. It's horrific. They [his friends] will never be the same, I want no part of that."

Asked what he would do if the draft was brought back, Julio says that he doesn't know exactly what course of action he will take, however: "I'm not going. I am prepared to do whatever it takes."

Robert S. Finnegan is a former United States Marine Corps Non-Commissioned Officer. He may be contacted at: seanews1@yahoo.com.