Posted on 02/05/2003 2:20:55 AM PST by chance33_98
Well I have about had it. Just read another article, this one about 30,000 people sending letters to Blair on the Iraq situation. We have people wanting to be human shields, protests around the world against Bush, War in Iraq, Blair, America, etc.
How many protests, letters, and such have we had by people against Saddam and his policies? Where are these people when Saddam is murdering his neighbors, torturing people, etc? Where are the protests by women's groups at iraqi Embasssies? Why all of the sudden do people rush into action against the US and it's allies when they sat quietly for years living it up with Clinton and friends? I guess human rights are only fought for and in the news when it is convenient - and even then only if they can get some political gain from it.
So write to me here, tell me why you let saddam murder, torture, rape, do whatever he wants and you don't even give it the time of day - tell me why your not out using your peaceful means to get him to cave into your pressure. You want the UN to do it all? Fine, that still does not mean you should not be out protesting against him.
You want a peaceful solution? You believe using your peaceful protests and such will change whether or not we go to war, who knows it might - such things have led to change in the past. But how about you use that same pressure on Saddam to get him to change? Rallies around the world, ending letters, offering to be human shields for the kurds.
War is ugly, it sucks and people die. Your yelling that to the US, try yelling that at Saddam. We know it all to well. As Al Gore Said - Saddam Must Go.
And for those who think it is all about oil and Bush and such, see my links below.
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
Taliban, Clinton, Saudi Involvement - All laid out in a book published in 2000 (from USMC.MIL site)
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