🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:08:05 -0400, "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net>
wrote:

>Millions of people around the world last weekend demonstrated against a war on Iraq.

  Millions more stayed home, went to work or died in everyday
accidents.
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>There was no mistaking the message: No war.

  No too mention the apathy. After all, for everyone there, ten times
that number weren't.
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>But, particularly with the airwaves and op-ed pages dominated by war-mongers who mock and mischaracterize the burgeoning peace movement, there remains a need to continually reiterate the common-sense reasons to oppose a war. Here are a dozen:
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>1. Iraq is no threat to the United States.

  Of course not. But it's a threat to the rest of the region.
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>2. Iraq is deterrable.

     No, Iraq is oppressed by a brutal dictator. Saddam doesn't give a
rats ass about his people. So he doesn't care if they suffer in the
streets. He's got his screw the others.
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>3. Iraq's only conceivable threat to the United States is in event of war.

   See above
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>4. Other terrorist risks rise in event of war.

  The US did no massive military shit during the "Clinker" years, but
we had many of our people murdered in terrorists attacks anyway.
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>A U.S. attack and subsequent occupation of Iraq will provide new inspiration -- and new recruitment fodder -- for al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups, and will stimulate a long-term increased risk of terrorism, either on U.S. soil or against U.S. citizens overseas.

  And I thought you said, that Iraq had no connection to Al-qaeda, yet
you say they'll join in?? How odd!
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>5. U.S. soldiers are vulnerable to chemical or biological attack in a war.

   So are civilians..
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>6. Inspections can work.

  Yes, they can. If those who are being inspected, would not move the
evidence. As has been reported.
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>7. Common sense says: Err on the side of non-violence.

   And you pay the consequences for stupidity.
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>8. The doctrine of preventative war is a threat to international law and humanity.

      See the answer to #1
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>9. Reject empire.

   Like the British Empire?
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>10. Revenge is not a legitimate motive for war.

  No shit. And we're not taking revenge. where you got THAT idea, I
can only guess what you're smoking is damn good!
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>11. There are better solutions to our energy problems.

   No shit, oh, you think this is about oil too? Sad, I get a good
chuckle out of fools that think 2% of what we used to buy from Saddam,
is why we're going back in..
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>12. Iraqi lives are at stake.

   So are Saudis, Jews, Kuwaitis, Ameican, British, Candian, Chinese,
Japanese, Austrailians, Africans, Russians, French, Germans....
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