Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am Albert Irawan, a senior student of XXX College. I am really honoured to be invited to deliver my speech tonight. The topic that I am going to speak on is "Peace marches support tyranny". I do not agree to this statement and I am sure that many of you here have the same belief as I do. Firstly, let me make this clear, "Being anti-war does not mean you are pro-Saddam." Therefore peace marches do not support tyranny. It is just the tyrant himself who deems it supporting his plans. We are anti-war because we dislike wars and we do not believe that going for war is a good way of resolving conflicts.

War is nothing new so far as humanity is concerned. Wars are the results of selfish aggrandizement. Due to wars, bitterness and enmity are engendered. Let us look...