To: BCherry168 who wrote (27264 ) 2/2/2003 4:58:45 PM From: mishedlo Read Replies (2) | Respond to A must read perspective on the preventable nonsense that is about to happen.lewrockwell.com So far, not a single shred of evidence has been offered to show that Iraq has a nuclear weapons program of any kind, just cloud after thick cloud of pettifoggery. Why doesn't the government open its books – right this minute – and show us the goods? Remember the naked corpse of the American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu? In sum, the problem transcends political administrations and speaks to the intellectual blood contempt that the ruling Washington cliques, both Democratic and Republican, hold for average citizens in the "flyover country." There isn't a credibility gap here; it's a canyon atop a volcanic fault line.As the smoke clears, the bodies of women and children by the tens of thousands will fill piles of rubble and will be videotaped and sent all over the world in real time, along with digitized screams of the wounded and dying. The stench will be horrific and you can bet that nauseated journalists present at the carnage will have an overwhelmingly negative impression of the American "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out." mentality. Military commanders will not be capable of managing the media situation simply by the overwhelming size and scope of the operation. We will have instantly made ourselves the enemy of 20 percent of the earth's population and every filthy rich tin-pot with paranoia and a nervous trigger finger will scramble to obtain one of the 14,000 nuclear weapons AND delivery systems from the ruins of the Soviet Union. The example of North Korea has been quietly but acutely observed. As one loyal veteran to another, Mr. President, all I ask is that you have the honesty to engage the American public with the truth. All this veteran asks of the president and his advisors is to leave the rope-a-dope to Muhammed Ali and simply remember that their first priority is to serve the American people and the national interests. If we are to trade away the last shreds of our national morality to preserve multinational oil corporations…just be honest with us. If political lobbies are dictating our foreign policy…just be honest with us. If corporate interests are to be rewarded for looting our future on the altar of greed…just be honest with us. If we are expected to condone the slaughter of people who have never threatened us…just be honest with us.
