Posted on 02/15/2003 10:13:42 PM PST by Mark Felton
REMEMBER SADDAM HUSSEIN’S ATROCITIES
By Pastor Grant Swank, Jr. (1/06/03)
Lest we grow numb to Saddam Hussein’s atrocities, let us keep in the forefront of our ethics what devilment this "evil" fiend has been up to. Such is the crucial component regarding what a free, morally sensitive global citizenry must do in response to Hussein’s ongoing dark presence in our world.
He is a hatchet man of the first order:
Further crimes by Hussein include:
"Yet no Iraqi official (at least 10 are of extreme interest) has ever been indicted for some of the worst crimes of the 20th century. My efforts to obtain UN Security Council approval for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal encountered one obstacle after another in foreign capitals, in New York and even within the Clinton administration. The usual excuse was that a tribunal would jeopardize either the United Nations' inspections regime or its sanctions regime. We needed Hussein's cooperation, which a criminal indictment might discourage," Mr. Sheffer states. (2)
Additional crimes include:
"For example, my neighbor's son was shot outside her house and no one could save him. When he died, the special security forces came and asked her to pay 50,000 Iraqi dinars per bullet to be able to recover the body. She sold everything she had and paid to be able to bury him, on her own, with two police cars accompanying her, and the police buried him. Three days later they came to demolish her house and she was left on the street with her three daughters. I saw that with my own eyes," the refugee added.
"We children were between four and twelve in 1981 when we were taken to prison with my mother and my aunt. I can remember the hunger that I felt. When we ran to embrace my mother, who had instruments on either side of her head and was screaming, we felt pain because she was full of electric current," another witness quoted in the report said.
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Copyright 2003. Pastor Grant Swank, Jr. All Rights Reserved.
The "peace" protesters seem completely oblivious to the viewpoints of these people.
The Democrats' Case Against Saddam Hussein (Dems nailed, yet again)
Headline Rundown and links on Iraq - Things the democrats have conviently forgot...
Saddam Abused His Last Chance, Clinton -clear and present danger to safety of people everywhere 1998
Gore repeats that Saddam MUST GO - June 2000
What the democrats want you to forget
Iraq is a Regional Threat, capable of as much as 200 tons of VX nerve agent (1999 Clinton report)
Czech military reports say iraq has smallpox virus in weapons stockpile (and camelpox)
Iraqi chemical weapons buildup reported (Sept 2001 Report)
Clinton, Gore rally domestic support for strike at Iraq, "unholy axis" (1998 Must read)
statement President Clinton from 1998 on the air strikes
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 - Full Text, Sense of Congress - Remove Saddam
KURD MEDIA.com: "KURDS REMIND THE ANTI-WAR RALLY ABOUT SADDAM'S ATTROCITIES" by Bryar Mariwani (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Carrying banners and pictures of the Halabja massacre, the Kurds amazed the angry anti-war protesters. The banners were saying 'No to Dictatorship', 'Remember Halabja' and Victims of Saddam's chemical weapons'. Speaking to KurdishMedia.com, Tarza Dilshad, a Kurdish participant said I came here to remind these people about what Saddam did to the Kurds. I am not against a war on Saddam, but at the same I am scared about the fate of my family in South Kurdistan. Saddam might attack Kurdistan with chemical weapons. Azad Ali, another Kurdish participant said some people just don't understand the situation. Saddam is a danger to the whole world. Ask the Kurds and they will tell you about it. He used chemical weapons in the past and he might use them again at anytime. Saddam Hussein, the head of the Iraqi government, used chemical weapons against the Kurds in the 1980s. The Kurdish town of Halabja was bombed with Saddam's chemical weapons in 1988 killing more than 5000 Kurds. The Iraqi government conducted a serious of genocide operations called Anfal against the Kurds in the 1980s, killing more than 182,000 innocent Kurds.") (February 15, 2003)
For months now, the peaceniks have been claiming this was no evidence that Saddam Hussein was building "weapons of mass destruction." They also claimed that there was no proof that Iraq was tied to September 11 terrorist Osama bin Laden. Over and over they told us that we should let the U.N. Inspectors keep working.
Then, along comes Secretary of State Colin Powell who, on February 5, makes a masterful speech to the United Nations with all the proof we need that Saddam is guilty. Powell painstakingly explained the evidence of noncompliance--including:
*satellite image of a weapons munitions facility, which is known to have held chemical weapons;Powell also demonstrated that Iraqis visited Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and provided training to al-Qaeda members.
*pictures of a ballistic missile facility two days before the inspectors arrived, with vehicles outside including a crane for moving missiles;
*satellite photos showing truck convoys lining up at known weapons factories to transport forbidden material out ahead of the inspectors' arrival;
*intercepted phone conversations in which Iraqi military men discuss their efforts to deceive the inspectors. In the intercept, Mr Powell says, one of the officers says: "We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left."
*proof that "Saddam Hussein has directly participated in the effort to prevent interviews" with Iraqi scientists;
And the response from the left was:
"Powell didn't present any evidence....we need to let the inspectors keep looking."
Then, on February 11, Osama bin Laden himself surfaced on videotaped, and practically admitted to ties between him and Iraq.
And how did the anti-war crowd respond?
You guessed it:
There is no evidence of a Saddam-bin Laden connection.
This is no clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
Let the inspectors keep looking.
And that's not all. Some of the pacifists are heading to Iraq to serve as "Human Shields" even though they admit: “Of course we are aware we may get used as propaganda or worse by Saddam Hussein."
It sort of reminds you of little children having a temper tantrum, with their fingers in their ears, saying "I'm not listening," and singing at the top of their lungs.
Of course, the anti-war crowd sees their stubborness differently. The anti-war crowd will try to tell us that this is because of their "principles." They have said, and keep claiming, that their opposition to war is solely because they are "pacifists."
But the evidence is starting to pile up that this has nothing to do with principles or pacifism. As their arguments fall, more and more "pacifists" are starting to demonstrate that their real motiviation is hatred....against the United States.
Daniel Flynn, in On the Street with the Protestors, describes who makes up the majority of the "peace" movement:
While a small number of families, political moderates, and senior citizens salted the ranks of Saturday's march, a much-larger contingent escaped the notice of most journalists. Waving inflammatory signs, wearing scary costumes, and partaking in street theatre, the anti-American extremists who dominated the event were hard to miss. Yet, they were somehow overlooked in most of the press accounts of the protest. ....protesters labeled 9/11 "a drop in the bucket" and compared it to breaking a nail... [and] what did they see as a serious terrorist threat? A glance at the thousands of signs on the Mall revealed the answer. Placards read: "USA Is #1 Terrorist," "Bush Is a Terrorist," "The NYPD Are Terrorists Too," and "Get the Terrorists Out of the White House...A table display exhorting passersby to defend North Korea's right to nuclear weapons or an activist who cheered in vain for a policeman to fall off a fire-escape ladder 30-feet above a Pennsylvania Avenue restaurant were typical of the happenings at this weekend's rally .".
And Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly points out the anti-war movement:
"cheers on...the speaker at the Washington rally who declared that "the real terrorists have always been the United Snakes of America [and] the former Black Panther Charles Baron, who said in Washington, "if you're looking for an axis of evil then look in the belly of this beast."****(They) marched last weekend with people who held signs comparing the president and vice president of their country to Hitler, and declaring, "The difference between Bush and Saddam is that Saddam was elected."
To make matters worse, these "pacifists" aren't just confining themselves to attacking our institutions. Now, some of them, taking a page from "Hanoi Jane" Fonda, have started accosting the wives of our men in uniform, calling them "baby killers" and saying they hope the soldiers die.
Supporting Korea's right to have nukes, comparing September 11 to breaking a nail and accosting the wives of solidiers with cries of "baby killers"...does that sound principled and pacifist...or anti-American?
At this point, some of you might be saying "Well, that's bad. But aren't you blowing this a little out of proportion? Is this really support for Saddam and the terrorists?"
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy? Sure is.
But don't take my word for it. Take Saddam's.
In a recent interview, Saddam was asked "I wonder whether you could say something yourself directly through this interview to the peace movement of the world that might help to advance the cause they have in mind?"
His response: "...we admire the development of the peace movement around the world in the last few years. We pray to God to empower all those working against war and for the cause of peace and security based on just peace for all."
In other words: "thank you for your support."
My guess is that if New Jersey Governor McGreevey decided to have all conservative Republicans done away with, the peaceniks would be in favor of that too.
For those of you from Rio Linda, that is sarcasm.
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