From: Artillo5@cs.com
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 15:51:43 MST
In a message dated 2/15/2003 2:47:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Spudboy100@aol.com writes:
> The protests are anti-American is goal and nature. What they want is
> unclear, but whom they are against surely is. Had we attacked Saudi, or
> continued on into Pakistan, where Osama is, where the Pakistani ISI
> protects him; the protests would be all the more vociferous. Your "broken
> and contained nation" is still capable of obtaining nukes and missle
> systems. Its still interested in allying itself with Osama and any other
> thug that comes along, like Kim Jung Ill.
As far as I know, the anti-war protests I have been involved with are
basically anti-DEATH and speaking out against bullying tactics by my own #$%&
@! government! Anti-American??? I THINK NOT! Anti-current warmongering
policy, YES.
What *I* want as a protester is a government that does not DICTATE to its
citizens and the world that it means to be "the boss", and that it is always
RIGHT! Our government needs to continuously work harder with the other
countries of the world and come together to deal more effectively with people
like Osama who perpetuate fear and death among us human beings. We need to
learn to deal effectively with problems like these on a global scale, not
unilaterally as "King George II" wants to do.
The world will always be full of "thugs", I just don't think that the United
States should become one of them by threatening other countries with it's own
WMD's FOR ANY REASON! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a JUSTIFIED war with
conventional high-tech weapons, for reasons such as if a country tries to
forcibly take over its neighgbor or perpetuates "ethnic cleansing" or
whatever you want to call it. I certainly don't think that a war can be
justified just because a country is choosing to pursue building weapons of
ANY sort. That alone does not constitute a direct threat to the United States
or any other country. IF the government in charge actually DOES make specific
threats and actually uses them, THEN go right ahead and bomb the crap out of
them!
As for the "rogue entities" (meaning terrorist groups etc.), if they REALLY
want weapons, there will always be people out there willing to sell to them,
that is unavoidable no matter how many countries are involved in the "War
against Terrorism". I can't think of any real effective way of controlling
the uncontrollable, but I do think that increasing national security is a
good thing as long as our civil liberties are still protected (which I
definitely think they are not!).
Can we please stop this madness from spreading?
Arti
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