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

To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (12622)	2/25/2003 3:29:26 AM
From: HG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

my proposal is to take 100bn, a tiny fraction of the war budget, and create infrastructure, schools, hospitals etc under US supervision in iraq and afghanistan. lift sanctions and monitor the finances. What saddam hopes to achieve thru aggression and hegemony can very well be achieved thru education and better living standard for the people, especially since his is the most progressive nation in the entire middle east. What US hopes to achieve thru war, can very well be achieved thru mentoring and developing the people of that country. instead of diverting people of both country towards negatives, divert them towards positives. If that is done, if US genuinely helps his country grow without major strings attached, why would he want to attack US? Why would anyone wanna attack US? And as for france, germany - why should we care what they do? Just because you have a bad neighbor (N1) and your other neighbor(N2) is contemplating killing N1, doesn't mean you go around killing N1 and his family. and btw: i care too. so now cut that michael savage garbage outta your system. <g>

To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (12622)	2/25/2003 3:32:28 AM
From: Steeny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Solid post. Ending the slavery of women, spreading Democracy--IF we can achieve these ends(regardless of our true oil motives), this war will be worth it.

To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (12622)	2/25/2003 3:45:11 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 25898

A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: "Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?" The survey was a huge failure. In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant. In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant. In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant. In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant. In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant. In South America they didn't know what "please" meant. And in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant. ;-) *borrowed from Iqbal Latif, citizen of the world