Posted by Ritch on March 24, 2003, at 9:22:31
In reply to Re: Observer article...interesting... » Ritch, posted by daizy on March 23, 2003, at 15:16:10
> > > Just my opinion ........ yesterday I saw on the news, American soldiers writing "revenge for 911" on missiles... knowing they might kill and injure hundreds of innocent people who had no choice but to support their evil dictator...
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> > > Dont they know than 911 Al-Quaida and Saddam Husseins regime are two different things completetly, and there is no proven link between the two. It angeres me to see that just because the two share the same faith, they are seen as one in the same ...
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> > > It is totally wront for America to take revenge for 911 by going to war with Iraq. Im not saying here that Saddam doesnt need to be dealt with, and also terrorism, but im afraid that by going to war with Saddam it will just feed the terrorists with reasons for further attacks... All the Arabs and muslims see is bombs being dropped on Afghanistan, Iraq, and palestine. Who could then blame them for hating countries like Britain and America.
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> > Hi, I found an article that pretty sums up the way I feel about the whole thing:
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> > http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,919987,00.html
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> > The quote from Winston Churchill in there was particularly accurate IMO:
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> > ..."If selling the US presented problems last year, the task is vastly more difficult today. A country which stands for individual freedom and whose people are so eager to do the right thing - even though, as Churchill observed, they may explore all other options beforehand - is now considered by millions to be halfway between behemoth and pariah."
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> This was a very good article, thanx Ritch!
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> I may have been a bit harsh in my post yesterday, I was simply trying to see it from the ordinary Iraqi's point of view....... I do support the troops afterall its their job and they are simply following orders, I feel that it is the governments that are to blame for their way of thinking... Lets hope Bush does keep all his promises and treat post war Iraq fairly.....
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> One other thing I saw on the news was that all the contractors that go into Iraq once the war is over will be Americans..... Funny that isnt it Ritch!
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Well, that is to be expected. The Russians complained the other day that we were interfering with their "interests" in Iraq (I suppose they are referring to LukOil's contracts made with Iraq for oil drilling, etc.). We must be about to pull the rug out from under all of that and intend for all of those contracts to be null and void (*punishment* for the Russians not supporting us in the UN?). Interestingly, the US fired back at the Russians complaining about them selling arms to Iraq. OH well.... Business IS Business.....
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