The United States have introduced recently the "mother of all bombs". The latest version of conventional weapons, it is the new item in the American war that is about to be waged against Iraq. It is not a war in the strict sense of the term due to the evident disproportion between the power of the aggressor and the capacity of defense of the aggressed ones. There are more than 300 thousand soldiers concentrated in the Southern border of Iraq and hundreds of aircrafts and battleships ready to attack the Arab country. The political and diplomatic pressures and the economic blackmail keep on being carried out with the intent to obtain the approval of Turkey so that its territory is used as spearhead in order to invade Iraq by North. The fact that the new artifact was recklessly and shamelessly displayed in TV news is a sign of the times. The script was just like an advertisement for a toy or some appliance for domestic or professional use. Barbaric aerial operations were already compared to a video game during the first Gulf War in 1991. Now the "mother of all bombs" the latest model of conventional weapons of mass destruction, is presented as the possibility to avoid war. A deadly artifact, a means of aggression, its images are divulged as a request to the Iraqi people, the Baath Party, Saddam Hussein's administration and the Army's generals and sub officials to give in so that the attack do not happen. The TV script starring the "mother of bombs" corresponds to a change in the typical language of the new stage of imperialist domination where the United States introduced a belligerent streak to their foreign policy. War was never such a natural matter being integrated to people's daily life as a routine act, a normal procedure in the administration of an imperial government. The United States has given signs that it will not turn back in the war that is being prepared. The procedures are gaining momentum and they do not intend to renounce to their war plans. But they know that by exploding the first bomb and ordering the entrance of their troops in Arab territory they are opening the "gates of Hell" and will pay a very expensive price in human lives. The battle of Baghdad, should it take place, will be costly to the United States. The dominant circles in Washington firmly believe that the isolation of the US administration in the world will increase in case force is used without the authorization of United Nations Security Council. That is the reason for the attempt at making Iraq give in without fight—in fact to capitulate—and at building up a forced majority resulting from the use of blackmail, economic pressures and even military threats against countries that are members of the Council. The "mother of bombs" will not change the stance of those who are willing to resist. It will not change the vote or the veto of those who are clearly against the war. The "mother of bombs"—either disposed of or put to use, either in Pentagon's warehouses or exploding numerous tons and sowing destruction and death—is also a challenge. It challenges the peoples to wave the flag of peace, to fight against the imperialist war and to detain the murderous hand of imperialism. Lately, anti-Americanism is being used as a kind of reaction to crowds protesting against the American war and an attempt at silencing the dissonant voices in the adventurous course of Bush administration, people like former president Jimmy Carter and writer Norman Mailler. It would be better to mention the anti-imperialism that is growing all over the world, including in the watchful portion of the US people who takes part of the great front of the peoples saying no to Bush's war. * José Reinaldo Carvalho. Jornalist. Vice-president of Communist Party of Brazil – PCdoB, responsible for International relations