From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 16:47:30 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> --- Damien Broderick <thespike@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Lee Corbin observes that
>>
>>
>>>The news [of western protests] is greeted with the
>>>greatest elation by the government and Mr. Hussein.
>>
>>>we can expect that any thoughts Saddam Hussein has of
>>>abdicating or to destroying his WMD are put on hold.
>>>He'll naturally grasp at whatever straws are offered,
>>>and all the so-called "peace" demonstrators---whose main
>>>effect is to increase the likelihood of war
>>
>>[Vietnam, etc]
>>
>>Yes, it's just like those awful anti-nuclear marches. All the
>>so-called "peace" demonstrators---whose main effect was to
>>increase the likelihood of war--helped by their protests (
>>which were greeted in the streets of Moscow
>>with the greatest elation) to bring about the ruinous exchange in
>>1989 when the Soviet Union nuked the USA and vice versa.
>
>
> And just as the anti-Vietnam War movement was supported and funded by
> communist groups funelling money from Russia (as proven by the Venona
> Files and autobiographies of North Vietnamese leaders)
This is absurd. I was a member of Quaker and other groups
opposed to the war. We received no funding from anyone except
those who volunteered funds, needed materials, time and a lot of
sweat and heart. To believe some politicized claims at face
value and to utterly disbelieve the integrity of all those who
opposed Vietnam says very poor things about the credibility of
your statements in this area.
> and the
> anti-nuke movement in Europe was similarly funded by Moscow, I would
> bet that an examination of the finance channels of the current anti-war
> groups would find money coming from Arab, Russian, and Chinese sources.
You are making yourself a laughing stock.
- samantha
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