At 12:31 AM 5/17/04, Doug Pensinger wrote:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0517/p09s01-coop.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/ypcov
On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin
exerpt:
"Before the United States launched "the optional war" in Iraq,
practitioners of nonviolence were advocating concrete alternatives that
would have sought to depose Saddam Hussein without war. One plan called
for a massive humanitarian assistance program to the Iraqi people while
launching a campaign to declare Hussein a war criminal and to carry out
even more rigorous arms inspections throughout the country. Of course,
many of us nonviolent activists were dismissed as being hopelessly naive.
But is the logic of warfare and occupation really wise? Does it really
make sense that we can bomb neighborhoods, storm into people's homes at
night, imprison thousands in degrading conditions without charge, and then
assume that these people will love us?
It worked in Europe in WWII . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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