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In article <1477@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> p515dfi@mpirbn.UUCP (Daniel Fischer) writes:

    [a bunch of garbage about the German demonstrations deleted]

>This is the first time I have heard comments calling for an end of the Gulf War
>here in Germany's mainstream media (most newspaper commentators today are not
>yet that bold, but they'll learn, too...). The spell of Schwarzkopf's 'Video
>Game' delusion is broken!
>
>           Time's running out  -  STOP THE WAR  -  CEASE-FIRE NOW !

     This is no video game, this is deadly serious, and all of our
     military and policy makers know it.  Strangely enough, it seems
     that many of the anti-war demonstrators do not think that
     the whole situation is very serious.

     Also, it is pretty easy to be anti-war when you have been protected for
     the last 45 years and do not have to shoulder any responsibility
     for this action since the good old Americans and British are
     ponying up once again.  Germany has dissapointed me very much
     by even trying to whine out of their NATO commitment to Turkey.
     It seems that treaty obligations mean to Germany only gimmee, 
     gimmee, gimmee.

     Gee, I seem to remember exactly how effective the anti-war effort
     has been at keeping soviet troops out of the baltic states and
     keeping iraqi troops out of kuwait.  I wonder how anti-war you 
     would be if America immediately withdrew from NATO prior to the roughly
     300,000 russian soldiers being withdrawn from the east.  You'd
     have to rely on the good will of the soviet army, good luck.
     The take-over probably  wouldn't even be overt.  Can you say
     Finlandization?  Sure, I knew you could.

     Coalition forces are involved in an anti-war effort.  Fortunately,
     some can see that sometimes in order to defend the peace, you must
     wage war.

     I sincerely hope that this is not a majority opinion in the Federal
     Republic.  Otherwise, I would suggest ...


  Time's running out - Quit defending Germany - Bring our boys home now.

                                          dale bass


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