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To: calgal who wrote (362857)	2/24/2003 2:10:02 AM
From: JEB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Actor George Clooney Frustrated by U.S. War Drive Sunday, February 23, 2003; 9:31 AM BERLIN (Reuters) - American actor George Clooney stepped up his criticism of George W. Bush's administration on Sunday, saying he feared a war against Iraq was inevitable but would ultimately only lead to more violence. "America's policies frustrate me," Clooney said in a German television program. "I think a war against Iraq is as unavoidable as it senseless. I think it's coming. But I also think the real danger is going to be what happens after it." Clooney, who in interviews with European newspapers has accused Bush of war-mongering over Iraq, is on a growing list of Hollywood celebrities to speak out against war. Others include Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and director Spike Lee. "You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking," Clooney said in the ARD television program "Beckmann." "These days it only matters who's in charge," Clooney said. "Right now that's us -- for a while at least. Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win." Clooney, 41, said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was making a mistake to think a war against Iraq would be an easy win for the United States. "I believe he thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore," said Clooney, who starred in a film about the 1991 Gulf War "Three Kings" that took a dark look at the war to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. "We can't beat anyone anymore," added Clooney, who has called it unfair that Americans opposed to war are being branded unpatriotic. Clooney, who won fame for his leading role in long-running hospital drama "ER," has also appeared in films including "Batman and Robin," "The Perfect Storm" and "Brother Where Art Thou?." washingtonpost.com

To: calgal who wrote (362857)	2/24/2003 5:57:01 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dear Westi: SOME OF US recognize CLASS when we see it and CRASS when we see that too. Whether there are enough of us with that wisdom, remains to be seen. jdn

To: calgal who wrote (362857)	2/24/2003 10:45:59 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

by Fouad Ajami From Foreign Affairs, January/February 2003 This is an execellent discussion in 5 parts. THE ROAD TO MODERNITY There should be no illusions about the sort of Arab landscape that America is destined to find if, or when, it embarks on a war against the Iraqi regime. There would be no "hearts and minds" to be won in the Arab world, no public diplomacy that would convince the overwhelming majority of Arabs that this war would be a just war. An American expedition in the wake of thwarted UN inspections would be seen by the vast majority of Arabs as an imperial reach into their world, a favor to Israel, or a way for the United States to secure control over Iraq's oil. No hearing would be given to the great foreign power. ............ foreignaffairs.org