Posted on 10/22/2002 9:15:06 AM PDT by ppaul
BREMERTON Many in a small crowd that gathered at a waterfront park in this Navy town yesterday wore red, white and blue and carried signs proclaiming "United We Stand" and "Peace Through Strength." They assembled to show their support for President Bush, for the troops and, if necessary, for military action against Iraq.
While those at the rally stopped short of saying they wanted war, they made it clear that if diplomatic efforts fail to gain concessions from Saddam Hussein, they will readily support any action Bush proposes.
"Saddam Hussein is a street thug and there's no question where he intends to go," said Shirley Brown, chairwoman of the Kitsap County Republican Party.
The rally, which drew about 50 people many of them veterans or local Republican political campaign workers was sponsored by several Kitsap County veterans groups.
It was scheduled in part to counter the many anti-war rallies that have been staged locally and nationally as tension between the United States and Iraq escalates.
Republican congressional candidate Joe Marine, who is running against Democratic incumbent Jay Inslee, was the featured speaker.
"There are many people in this country who support what the President is doing and we just wanted to let people see that," said one participant.
Joan Gorner, a former history teacher from Poulsbo, said she was there because her knowledge of the past made it impossible for her to take freedom for granted.
"When you study history you know how valuable it is," she said. "And I'm not going to be part of the generation that loses it not if I can help it."
"There are many people in this country who support what the president is doing, and we just wanted to let people see that," said another participant.
Sisters Kimberly and Rebecca Craswell, 17 and 15, said they spent part of their week passing out fliers for a rally at Olympic College in Bremerton, where they are students.
They said many of their fellow students are against war.
"I don't think they really understand that this is how to give peace a chance," said Kimberly Craswell, the granddaughter of conservative Christian Ellen Craswell, who ran against Gary Locke for governor in 1996.
"We think that President Bush has been very wise in his leadership of this country, and we support him."
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 01:03 a.m. Pacific
Bush focuses less on ousting Saddam By Bob Kemper
WASHINGTON President Bush, who for months has urged world leaders to help the United States topple Saddam Hussein, said yesterday that the Iraqi leader could remain in power if he complies with United Nations resolutions, a prospect Bush considers unlikely. "The stated policy of the United States is regime change," Bush told reporters at the White House. "However, if (Saddam) were to meet all the conditions of the United Nations, the conditions that I've described very clearly in terms that everybody can understand, that in itself will signal the regime has changed." But Bush added, "We don't believe he's going to change." In addition to disarming, Bush is demanding that Saddam halt his alleged support of terrorism, stop persecuting minorities in Iraq and account for soldiers missing from the 1991 Persian Gulf War. As the administration courts skeptical foreign leaders, Bush has placed less emphasis on the need to replace Saddam and focused instead on Iraqi disarmament. "I believe the free world, if we make up our mind to, can disarm this man peacefully," Bush said. "But if not if not we have the will and the desire, as do other nations, to disarm Saddam." Administration officials insisted Bush's comments and similar remarks made by Secretary of State Colin Powell over the weekend did not signal a change of policy at the White House. Bush emphasized his resolve to use force against Saddam early on, in order to assure the Iraqi leader that the U.S. was serious about his disarming, but it was never a foregone conclusion for Bush that military action would be necessary, administration officials said. "Diplomacy needs to be backed by force, especially in matters like this," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. "The only way to really plan on getting compliance would be to plan on changing the regime. And that's something that this administration has taken seriously." Also yesterday, Bush vowed to enlist other world powers in persuading North Korea to scrap its nuclear-weapons project but indicated he has no plans to use force as he might with Iraq. "This is a chance for people who love freedom and peace to work together to deal with an emerging threat," he said. Bush, using a more restrained tone than he does when lambasting Iraq, was addressing North Korea's confession about a nuclear program for the first time since administration officials reported it to Washington 16 days earlier. He said he would use meetings over the next week with leaders of China, Japan, Russia and South Korea to discuss how to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Il "that he must disarm." Today, North Korea warned the United States not to "strong arm" it.
"If the U.S. persists in its moves to pressurize and stifle (North Korea) by force, the latter will have no option but to take a tougher counter-action," the official Workers Party daily Rodong Sinmun said. "The only way out for the U.S. is to opt for reconciliation and peace, not strong-arm policy." A day earlier, North Korea had called for talks with the United States over the issue.
Information from The Washington Post, The Associated Press and Reuters is included in this report.
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You're right, unfortunately.
Just a bedroom community/aspiring twin to King CountySSR.
Thanks for being there Saturday.
RosefTexas, calm down.
It is a frikin 106 degrees over there right now. Imagine American soldiers in gear equipped to handle disease weapons. No way right now. We will do it in OUR time, not theirs.
Middle of Feb cools down there and there is a new moon period. When ever those dates are, count on it.
We will not go after their entire army. We will go for the elete guard, wipe them out and THEIR military will then wipe out what they have not wanted for years.
Now, go out and have a pizza with anchobies and relax. Some vino would be good too.
Can do, just did, in a second or two anyways...
God bless our troops!
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