Re: 'prepare' njc

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Hi Kate,

I wonder - is this courageous? We wouldn't regard people who volunteered to be human shields for Adolf Hitler as courageous, even if the intent was to protect the German people, not Hitler himself. We'd still think they were, at best, naive, and at worst, fascists. I'm surprised at people on the left who oppose this war. It seems to me this is a just war, and a necessary one. It's hard to imagine what the alternative would be, other than to do nothing and leave Saddam in power. But the Iraqi people have suffered so long at Saddam's hands - they deserve and need to be liberated and I don't see how anything but an invasion will do that. I've never been someone who would support the Republican party, and I remember holding my head in my hands on September 11 when I saw the second plane fly into the WTC, when it became clear it was a terrorist attack and not an accident, moaning: "oh no, George Bush is president. He'll start the third world war over this." But in fact, I have to say I think his responses have been measured and justified, apart from the loss of civil liberties in the U.S. Getting rid of the Taliban was long overdue anyway, and it's a shame that their war on women wasn't reason enough to attack them. Similarly, although Iraq is better for women than Afghanistan was, it's still a disgrace. Your husband is allowed to kill you if he even suspects adultery.

Sarah


Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:42:56 -0800
From: "Kate Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'prepare' njc

there is a group called www.becomethechange.org that is organizing a human
shield to go to iraq in january to try & prevent an attack by the
usa....they need 5,000 people...very courageous