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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4528)	2/21/2003 10:23:41 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 15987

Hopefully, if that is the plan, it is changed..! It is always not to make a comment than to out and out lie... WOnder if that is just a ruse? Let's hope!

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4528)	2/21/2003 10:25:32 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Bush in Korea: U.S. will stand by allies by Linda D. Kozaryn globalsecurity.org (KLP Note: I just posted this on the other thread as well...Many of the left have been clammoring for Bush to take care of North Korea....this appears to be doing just that...) WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, Feb. 21, 2002) - The United States will stand by its friends and allies against global terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, President George W. Bush told troops Feb. 21 at the end of his two-day trip to South Korea. Stability on the Korean Peninsula, he pointed out, depends upon the military might of the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance. "History has led us here. Ties of commerce and friendship keep us here," the president said in Seoul. "When America says we're your friend, we mean it." U.S. officials hope to see the day that stability is based on the peaceful reconciliation of North and South Korea, he said. In the meantime, however, Bush vowed that the United States would maintain its presence on the peninsula. "In our dealings with North Korea, we've laid down a clear marker," the president said. "We will stand by the people of South Korea." Bush repeated the pledge he made during his State of the Union address. "We will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us or our friends or our allies with weapons of mass destruction," he said. North Korea, Iraq and Iran form an "axis of evil" that threatens world peace, Bush said in the Jan. 29 speech before Congress. The ruling regimes in those countries sponsor terrorism and have chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs, he said. "Our most important job is the security of the United States of America and the security of our friends and allies," the president said. "And we will pay whatever price it takes to defend America." America is committed to finding and routing out terrorists wherever they hide, he told the troops. "We won't stop until the threat of global terrorism has been destroyed," he said. "We will do everything in our power to defend freedom and the universal values that are so important to our nation, and so important to a peaceful world," he stressed. "I made this clear to our enemy, and the mighty United States military is delivering (the message)." U.S. forces serving in South Korea "walk in the path of thousands of soldiers who fought for freedom in the Korean War, and all who kept the peace for half a century," the president said. He thanked the service members for "being strong and steady" in their effort to keep the peace. U.S. troops stationed in Korea and around the world spend every day training, testing and preparing for any mission that may come, Bush said. "That's your responsibility and you're the best in the world," Bush told the troops. As commander-in-chief, he added, his job is to give clear orders, set clear objectives, and to make sure service members have everything they need to do their job. That's why he's asked Congress to pass more than a $48 billion increase in the fiscal 2003 defense budget, he said. The budget request includes another pay raise for service members.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4528)	2/21/2003 10:37:29 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 15987

Shields' Begin Deploying in Iraq washingtonpost.com (KLP Note: Note that it took them less than 24 hours to set up shop in a water purification plant, AGAINST warnings for all unauthorized people to leave....and THEN they immediately blame NOT THEMSELVES for being where they are not supposed to be, but AMERICA.... These people aren't worth a single fingernail clipping of any soldier who will be doing what their orders are....) By BASSEM MROUE The Associated Press Friday, February 21, 2003; 8:24 PM Seventeen foreigners bunked down Friday night at a Baghdad water purification plant as the first "human shields" to deploy in Iraq in preparation for a looming U.S.-led war. The volunteers from Sweden, Spain, Italy and Finland weren't roughing it: Their quarters at the Seventh of April water purification station were a huge room with beds, a television, electric heaters and a large table. The wall was adorned with a picture of President Saddam Hussein. "We will try everything to get peace instead of war and to protect civil societies," said Ingrid Ternert, a Swedish member of the group. The volunteers planned to spend only one night at the station, but said others would rotate in to protect the infrastructure installation, which wasn't bombed during the 1991 Gulf War. Workers at the station were happy with their unusual visitors. "We welcomed them. I feel happy and it is nice because they want peace for our country," said Hussein Alwan, a 32-year-old supervisor. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday that any Iraqi officials who help in the deployment of the human shields could be punished as war criminals. Asked about Rumsfeld's remarks, Ternert, a high school teacher, said: "He doesn't know that this is protecting the society." "We do this because we are very angry," said Ignacio Cano, a bearded Spanish university professor. "Our governments, especially in those countries like mine - Spain, Italy and Turkey - are supporting the war even though the population are overwhelmingly against the war." Nearby, a woman sat on her bed covering her face with a sweater to prevent television crews from filming her. Some of the human shields weren't exposing themselves to much danger. Cano said the United States would be to blame if anyone is hurt - but conceded that likely wouldn't be him. "I will be leaving Iraq in two days," he said. "So I personally think I will be all right."