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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (12105)	2/23/2003 6:20:41 PM
From: SFW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

*Re:Popular sentiment for the war in this country remains high.* Of course it is. People are kept on edge by orange alerts and pink alerts to create a sense of fear. Then they are told they they can get rid of that fear by waging a war against Iraq (the evil), so the people say go and kick Iraqi butt. Well, I'm more concerned about an attack by N.Korea than I am by an already decimated Iraq. People in Europe get a much more diverse picture of what is going on around them so the majority of the Europeans are against the war, as evidenced by the millions demonstrating against the war. Related to the orange alerts, From the N.Y. Times: "Then there was Code Orange. Again, I have no problem with the warnings. But do CNN and MSNBC really have to add the terror alert status to the bottom right corner of their screens, just above the stock market reports: "Nasdaq down, terror up — have a nice day." What do these networks expect their viewers to do when they see those warnings — other than get worried?" Full article: nytimes.com