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In article <1477@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> p515dfi@mpirbn.UUCP (Daniel Fischer) writes:
>The great Peace-in-the-Gulf-now! March in Bonn - according to CNN the biggest
>one in the whole of Europe to date - is history, 200000+ people joined in this
>completely peaceful manifestation, braving the zero degrees temperatures of
>the 26 Jan. afternoon. I could tell about the well-balanced speeches, of the
>strong pro-Israel and anti-Saddam feelings behind all contributions and
>throughout the crowd, about the Israeli lawyer Mrs F.Langer whose dramatic
>words made even Palestinians applaud, or Vietnam vets who described how
>awful this war really was. But there's one aspect that strikes me more than
>all emotions of the event itself: IT HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR MEDIA, at least TV!
>
>In the days before there had been countless comments on how the peace movement
>was supposedly hurting Germany's image in the rest of the world, and how all
>responsibility was lying with the demonstrators. The comments in the evening
>news programs of both public TV networks started by reiterating these ideas.
>But how they continued was so remarkable that I almost couldn't believe my
>ears. Here they come:
>
>   Klaus Bresser (ZDF, 'heute', 19:00; a station usually on the right side):
>
> ...Those who wage this war will call the demonstrators 'moralists' at best
> or more likely 'wimps'. In war time, things may look simple, judgement, too.
> But this day has shown that it is just too primitive to simply see 
> 'anti-Americanism' in the anti-war movement...
> It's not cowardice or treason but deep sorrow that brings these people to
> the streets. In democracy, this is their basic right...
> War cannot be calculated or limited - see the oil spill right now. Every day
> into this war, the doubts grow, not only in Germany, whether bombs can bring
> on peace. The question gets more and more pressing, seeing the victims,
> whether it's not time for a cease-fire, for thinking, for diplomacy. One can
> think differently. Demonstrations surely don't replace politics. But a war
> can replace politics much much less.
>
>   Wilhelm von Sternenburg (ARD, 'Tagesthemene', 22:00, slightly more left):
>
> ...Are the Germans again romantics, unable to grasp real politics? I say:
> They are not. The Gulf War, total as it is, is getting out of control...
> The response of the world [to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait] had been 
> reasonable in the beginning as well as historically. The road of sanctions,
> would it have been followed consequently and controlledly, would have brought
> Iraq to her knees, without war. The U.N. did say force would be possible, not
> that it *must* be used. The consequences, economically, ecologically, 
> politically as well as militarily cannot be estimated. What results the war
> will bring, besides the overthrow of Saddam, and whether the means are still
> justified, nobody asks anymore.
> Not the so-called 'real politicians' follow the law of reason these days, but
> the 100000s in the streets who oppose war as a means...
>
>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 !

It's wonderful that the people of Germany and Europe made their opinions known,
and that you are able to.  However, the war IS going on, and will only stop
when Saddam is driven out of Kuwait.  This man is a ruthless dictator, who
killed his way into power, is attacking, unprevoked, innocent countries,
and using enviromental terrorism to try to raise opposition to the war.

Saddam Hussein started with Iraq, followed by Kuwait, and then again tried
to start into Saudi Arabia.  With these precedents, what would stop him from
taking over the ENTIRE region, and then moving into YOUR Europe.  Shall we
pull out of the war, and sit back and wait???  I don't think that is a 
very viable option.  He started the war, we came into the war after all
reasonable attempts at sanctions failed, and we will END this war.

Enough Said!


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