Posted on 02/16/2003 9:25:11 AM PST by neutrino
This past weekend, we've seen a great deal of leftist activism. The purported basis for the worldwide demonstrations is to prevent or discourage war against Iraq. The real reasons are something else entirely, as is made clear in a variety of threads on FReepublic.
We face a frustrating problem. On the one hand, we as conservatives have jobs, families, and responsibilities. The leftists, socialists, and anti-Americans are, in many cases, free of such constraints. How do we counter them? During the weekend, our efforts seemed notably deficient.
I would like to solicit comments and ideas on how we can encourage President Bush and the Congress to proceed with the disarmament of Iraq and the necessary regime change which will both liberate the Iraqi people and weaken the global terrorist network.
My idea is to send letters, postcards, or e-mails to the President and our various representatives in both houses of Congress stating that we support President Bush in his efforts to deal with Iraq.
To that end, here is a link to the House of Representatives: HOUSE
And here is a link to the Senate: SENATE
I would be remiss if I didn't include a link to the President, George W. Bush
At the very least, please send an e-mail in support of the President. Here's a link: e-mail the President.
Quite possibly, fellow FReepers, you'll have better ideas than do I. Please share them. It's time for action and our duty is clear!
Mark Steyn: Marching for terror
And why I will not [join anti-war demo, by an Iraqi living in the UK]
Excerpt from the Steyn article:
Why not ask an Iraqi what the disadvantages of stalemate are? As far as Saddam's subjects are concerned, the "peace" movement means peace for you and Tony Benn and Sheryl Crow and Susan Sarandon, and a prison for them. I was in Montreal last week, which has the largest Iraqi population in North America. I've yet to meet one who isn't waiting eagerly for the day the liberation of their homeland begins. Then they can go back to the surviving members of their families and not have to live in a country where it's winter 10 months of the year.They're pining for war not because they like the Americans, or the Zionists, or me, but because they understand that, as long as there's Saddam, there's no Iraq. Saddam has killed far more people than Slobo, Iraq has been far more comprehensively brutalised than Kosovo. Marching for "peace" means marching for, oh, another 15 years of Saddamite torture and murder, followed by a couple more decades under the even more psychotic son, until the family runs out of victims to terrorise, gets bored and retires to the Riviera.
It's easy to say it's up to the Iraqi people to get rid of Saddam. That theory worked well in the days when all the peasants had to do was storm the palace and dodge the muskets. It doesn't work against a man who can poison an entire village from the air. Marching for "peace" means marching against the Iraqi people: it's the equivalent of turning them away as, to their shame, many free nations in the 1930s turned away refugees from Germany.
Excerpt:
I would like to solicit comments and ideas on how we can encourage President Bush and the Congress to proceed with the disarmament of Iraq and the necessary regime change which will both liberate the Iraqi people and weaken the global terrorist network.
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy. 
Tony Blair: The price of my conviction
Excerpt:But there are also consequences of 'stop the war'. There will be no march for the victims of Saddam, no protests about the thousands of children that die needlessly every year under his rule, no righteous anger over the torture chambers which if he is left in power, will remain in being.
I rejoice that we live in a country where peaceful protest is a natural part of our democratic process. But I ask the marchers to understand this.
I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour. But sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.
If there are 500,000 on the [Stop the War] march, that is still less than the number of people whose deaths Saddam has been responsible for. If there are one million, that is still less than the number of people who died in the wars he started.
So if the result of peace is Saddam staying in power, not disarmed, then I tell you there are consequences paid in blood for that decision too. But these victims will never be seen, never feature on our TV screens or inspire millions to take to the streets. But they will exist none the less.
President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of England walk out to address the media in Cross Hall at the White House Nov. 7. "We've got no better friend in the world than Great Britain," said the President during his remarks. White House photo by Paul Morse.
Liberation of the Iraqi: yes; but weaken the global terrorist network: no! When you see millions of protesters in 600 cities on this planet, you can rest assured that these people do not like our policy, and would have sypathy to help the terrorists? The end results is that we will probably have more terrorism.
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