I've heard bin-laden does not like saddam. Iran and Syria are deemed bigger terrorism threats. Even if iraq was directly responsible for 9/11. I do not believe war is the answer. Violence is a cycle. To be the moral leaders of the world we need to be just that. As far as I can tell bush has made us all terrorists and murderers. I don't believe in the death penalty either for the same reason. Two wrongs don't make it right. I think that if one of those people that died on 9/11 could come back they would say "we've got to have peace." Love, Ted
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of blonde in the bleachers Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Iraq-NJC <Iraq was not behind 9/11> You can guess they didn't help, but you can't be sure. >From: Ruth Davis >Reply-To: Ruth Davis >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Iraq-sjc (little) >Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:18:41 GMT > >While some of the discussion is focusing on Iraq, I'd like to share the following with you all. I worked Joni in at the end, although I had to alter her lyric slightly: > >ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE WAR >This war sets a dangerous precedent. Iraq was not behind 9/11. We have no reason to believe there is an Al Qaeda link to Saddam Hussein. While Saddam is a brutal dictator, others exist in the world today. Will we go to war to depose all of them? You dont just march into a sovereign nation, no matter how corrupt, and overthrow its government. That is for the people of that country to do on their own, if they can. > >The potential backlash of a war with Iraq is a very real threat. Iraq, or groups sympathetic to Iraq, could easily initiate a retaliatory attack either against our allies in the Gulf region, or else here in the U.S. Who knows how many terrorists remain embedded in the U.S. Or, Iraq could sell its remaining chemical and biological weapons to various rogue terrorist groups. > >We have lost the support of many of our allies France, Germany, etc. We are tarnishing the already weakened status of the UN. We are provoking France, Germany and Russia to struggle to assert themselves to keep us in check. Our image of fairness, of upholding international law, is tarnished as well. We are also refusing to face the real major cause of tension in the Middle East, namely, the Israeli/Palestinian situation. > >Fighting this war will be costly. The $75 billion Bush asked Congress for is just the first installment. Our economy is already weak now. The war will be a constant drain on our resources. That is exactly the thing that will please Osama bin Laden (remember him?): A constant drip, drip, drip of our resources dragging us down until we all go down the drain. Certainly, wherever he is, he must be pleased that we have launched our war against Iraq. > >Occupying and reforming Iraq, presuming we win, will be even more expensive than the war itself. Our presence in the region will be a constant thorn in the side of all the other Arab nations, who will be angered by our arrogance, interference and pride in believing we can dictate to another country the shape their government should take. You cant take democracy and shove it down peoples throats like a pill. Plus, democracy here in the U.S. is being eroded now. > >For additional study, check out this website: www.911pi.com >******************************************************************* >When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind. >--J. Krishnamurti, Freedom from the Known, pp.51-52 > >Like a barbed wire fence, strung tight, strung tense, every notion we subscribe to, every pretense, is just a Borderline > -- Joni Mitchell > >One love, one heart, lets get together and well feel all right. > --Bob Marley > > >Ruth in Richmond ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online
