The Pacific Coast fog instantly shrouds a summer evening in a damp, cold blanket of air. This was true last night as we stood on a darkened San Francisco street watching a thick wall of the stuff waft up the hill. A gusty wind sent clouds of moisture up the incline, as if a wet November storm had blown ashore. In northern California, the heavy fog can leave just as quickly as it arrives. This was the case Wednesday night as we gathered for a candlelight vigil to support Cindy Sheehan, the current spark of the anti-war movement. The air was clear, and so were the 300 marchers who paraded up The Alameda from the Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church to the Hwy 880 overpass. America's moral compass has gone astray, and activists like those who held burning candles and waved signs had an obligation to bring us back on course. The nation deserves more than a leadership willing to use lies to justify war, in the processes sacrificing more than 1,800 US troops and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians. To us, the Iraqi War was a fight that didn't have to be and a struggle that wasted the lives of American soldiers for no noble purpose. Bush has belatedly justified the venture as an effort to build democracy. He still hasn't learned that democracy is not built with the barrel of a gun, but over decades of focused work. The trigger-happy Bush Administation believes progress comes through the threat of military force. We know better. America must set an example through its deeds and words, not its guns. On Wednesday, the cold, grey fog receded. In the clear evening light, we could see candles burning.