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WHEN NOT BEING STUPID IS NOT ENOUGH
Why the War Really Sucks.
March, 2003: With the
United States poised as Big Brother to drop the Mother of All Beatings
on a poor sibling, here's why the war is not the best route to go. I'm
not a bleeding heart liberal, nor a pansy wearing idealist who thinks
daisies should be put in the end of guns and not cut, but the obvious
has been overlooked by talk radio warmongers building conservative and
normal thinking Americans into a war frenzy that sadly, has proven to be
irreversible.
First, I believe Iraq is a
threat to the world. I believe they are lying to the UN about chemical
and biological stockpiles, and have mislead the world for 12 years.
Those are pretty much indisputable facts. Why the strong call to action
now? There has been no link between Al Qaeda and Hussein made, only
comments between the two that have proven a deep animosity between the
two organizations. The religious fundamentalists of Al Qaeda see Iraq's
regime as heretics, Iraq has never aligned themselves with Al Qaeda in
the least, and have gone out of their way to destroy religious groups
throughout Iraq. The only time Iraq has raised a Muslim flag is when
they have come under direct international pressure and tried to rally
for "an Arab cause against the invaders." When trying to make a link
between Al Qaeda and Iraq, remember 15 of 19 hijackers were Saudis, and
not one was Iraqi.
Going Alone
Acting without the UN sets a dangerous, and defenseless position. With
an ugly precedent set by the US of attacking another sovereign nation
that has not proven to be an active threat, there is no stopping Syria
attacking Jordan, North Korea invading South Korea, etc. Having the US
sidestep the UN entirely makes the US the solid aggressor. Dealing with
the French in a better way than renaming sides for burgers is watching
the way they operate politically. Just last year during the runoff
elections, a right wing conservative was the candidate voted to run
against Chirac. Of course, he was trounced by over 80% of the votes, but
they raise a stink and draw attention to themselves, and then settle
down. Already, with a pledge to support the war if chemical weapons are
involved, the French are true to form. A slicker diplomatic touch from
the US could have eliminated this entire issue. Instead, Americans will
forever have to live with freedom toast. And is the UN a useless
organization? Didn't the US hatch the idea of the League of Nations and
the UN to give the world a tool to resolve problems and differences
without having a world war every 10 years?
North Korea Anyone?
A larger threat to the world is North Korea. A barren land, devoid of
food, resources and an economy, North Korea's only currency in the world
is missiles, and more importantly, nuclear missiles. The US' role should
have been to get S. Korea, China, Russia and Japan to decide on a
regional way to engage North Korea without a military threat, and
involve them in world politics, making missile and nuclear production
useless for the Koreans. Again, constructive diplomacy instead of Bush'
harsh brinkmanship/warmongering would have been a simpler route to go.
Al Qaeda Anyone?
Remember Osama bin Laden? Remember his sleeper cells across the world?
Don't worry about the probability of retaliatory attacks from Al Qaeda,
you've been made 'Ready'
by Tom Ridge, director of
Homeland Security, with duct tape. Without finding all the Al Qaeda
leaders, and fully ending their reign of terror, the war on terrorism
will go on. And on. And on. Think the war in Iraq will be easy? Possible
enough it could be done in weeks. Will we seriously have Saddam Hussein
in our hands at the end of it? And what better way to provoke another
generation of Muslims who are conditioned to hate America? Why give the
Arab world another reason to hate the US by going in without the
perceived OK from the United Nations.
Christians Want it Badly
I don't think anyone wants to say it, but there is no doubt this is a
religious war. It really is Bush' Crusade. A born again Christian who
invokes the Bible and God in more speeches than a lying Catholic child
molester, Bush must honestly believe he is doing Christ's work. Like all
good religious hypocrisy over the past two millenniums, God is always on
your side. Ask Al Qaeda if they're doing Muhammed's work. Seeing
American soldiers lined up on the front lines on CNN and Fox News
saying, "Jesus wants this" is perhaps a worst affront to organized
religion than some basketball player saying Jesus lets him dunk. So much
for the Christian doctrine of loving your neighbor. It's an Old
Testament world, and it's your eye.
The Collapse of American Civil Rights
Since the 11th of September, the American Constitution has been
defecated on by John Ashcroft and his batch of miserable henchmen who
believe another terrorist attack can be prevented by knowing who is
checking out 'Catcher in the Rye' and buying the gallon size of Surf
laundry detergent. Privacy and free speech are no longer American
rights, they've fallen by the wayside into a world that is rapidly
becoming one giant economic database. Human spirit is squashed by
turning everyone into small minded consumers who fear each other and the
ramifications of their own beliefs. Speedy trials, representation by
lawyers, and the basic right to know what you did to get locked in jail
were great ideas, they just aren't American anymore. Each and every
American administration will use whatever excuse possible to continue
this trend. What better legacy for Osama and company than to strip
Americans of the very rights that the terrorists constantly attack.
Inner Circle Deals with Iraq
While the American administration smeared France as sleeping with
the enemy while having $80 billion deals with the enemy, Bush, Cheney
and his cronies already set up their friends with the inside track to
getting
900 billion dollar secret
deals to rebuild the country they are
going to destroy. It's an awful thing to have foreign investment or
future lucrative deals if you are a foreign state, but if you are in the
inner sanctum, you only sleep with the enemy when you sleep with a
mirror. Dick Cheney is a corrupt, miserable bastard. When will the
American people stand up to this horrible affront to the American
political system?
Where would war criminals be tried?
With the United States refusing to join the International Court,
where do any captured Iraqi war criminals get tried? At a federal
courthouse in Topeka? With the 20th Sept. 11th hijacker making a mockery
of the American judicial system, how can we expect Iraqi criminals to be
tried and brought to justice? Camp X-Ray? Our wonderful record of human
rights (racist cops, obsencely racist death penalty) would only be
laughed at even more by all those derned ferners.
Stop Selling Arms to the Jews
The easiest first step to appeal to Palestinian and Arab causes without
sacrificing any American values? The easiest answer of all: stop selling
guns and tanks and bombs to Israel. Israel buying and using American
weapons against the Palestinians builds generations of resentment not
only against the Israelis, but also against (surprise Middle America!)
the good, ol' peace loving U.S. of A. What did we dod to deserve the
11th of September attacks? Why do the Arabs hate us so? Simply making
Israel get its guns elsewhere (France, anyone?) puts the US in a much
better place to broker peace in the Middle East and not piss off an
entire fifth of the world's population at one time.
When will it end?
When the war finally wraps up, and Iraq is still smoking from
munitions, fires, and possible burning chemicals, do Americans get the
right to go home, sleep comfortably and wake up to drive to work in
their SUV the next day consuming large quantities of cheap Iraqi oil?
Nope. Years of rebuilding Afghanistan have only begun, and coupled with
years of rebuilding Iraq, the American economy will be strapped,
soldiers will be constant targets for anti-American groups, and the bad
blood of foreign invaders occupying Iraq will only complicate future
dealings in the Middle East.
Cheers to the War on Iraq!
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