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

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (20171)	3/13/2003 2:31:22 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25898

Karen, I think we should put the challenge to one of our local war advocates. Who among you is up to the task of answering the 20 questions? [NOTE: Karen, if no one volunteers to answer them, perhaps we, or anyone who wants answers, should keep posting them in the hopes that a courages war proponent will knowledgeably step to the plate and give us the answers. Great find, by the way!] I Will Support This War ? If Someone Can Answer 20, Logical Questions By J.J. Johnson sierratimes.com Okay, I?m convinced nothing will stop this war from happening, so we must prepare to support the troops. But as history goes on, I?m still having trouble convincing myself (or anyone else) why we?re doing this. Perhaps I?m just losing it. Hence, I?ll list out a few questions here, so maybe someone can answer them, and help me make sense of it all. 1.If George W. Bush is willing to wage war with Iraq, regardless of a United Nations Resolution supporting such a war, Why did Bush spend Monday desperately lobbying for U.N. Security Council Votes? 2.Our Government says ?Iraq is a threat to its neighbors?. So, why is only one of those neighbors, ?Kuwait?, open to giving the U.S. support? (to date, no neighboring nation is supplying troops) 3.Bush said ?Saddam Hussein may provide weapons of mass destruction to terrorist organizations hostile to the United States?. Can anyone provide any information supporting the fact that Hussein has in fact offered any weapons of mass destruction to any terrorist organization to be used outside of Iraq?s national border? (money to families of suicide bombers doesn?t count ? unless you consider money to be a weapon of mass destruction, as well as all the other Arab nations that also held telethons to raise money for the same.) 4.Government officials have stated, ?We don?t know where the weapons are, but we?ll know if he (Hussein) disarms.? If we don?t know where the weapons are located, how will we know if and when he has actually disarmed them? 5. Bush has stated that the potential war against Iraq is part of the ?War On Terror?. Our allies (and most of the world) gave their full support in this war after September 11, 2001. Why are many of these same nations (that have been assisting in this ?war on terror?) refusing to assist in the War Against Iraq? 6.As our nation was attacked on September 11, 2001, action was taken immediately against Afghanistan with no prior approval sought from the United Nations. If this is a war for our self-defense, again ? why seek U.N. approval for action? 7. Why has the major news media, to this point, failed to take any government official to task for the sharp increase in fuel prices? 8. U.N. Resolution 1441 stated that Iraq must disarm itself of weapons of mass destruction, yet clearly is not willing to enforce that mandate. Why should we? 9. If WMD?s can be given to terrorists to be used on U.S. soil, how will destroying Saddam?s regime cause those terrorists to willingly relinquish those weapons? 10. Will this coming war halt the steady decline of the U.S. Dollar against other currencies? 11. Why does a brutal dictator allow his citizens to purchase firearms? 12. If Iraqi citizens fight back against a foreign military occupation with the firearms they?ve purchased, will they be considered ?terrorists?? 13. If Iraqi soldiers are already surrendering, why not take them into custody rather than sending them back across the border? 14. If Iraq has ties to terrorists, and must be removed from power by force, why is Yasser Arafat still breathing, and why does this country seek peace whenever Israel gets close to Arafat?s neck? 15. If the Bush Administration has evidence that Iraq was in any way connected to the attacks on September 11, 2001, would it not better his position to release at least some of that information to the public to build support? 16. A previous ?complaint? the U.S. government had against Iraq was their ?refusal? to allow U-2 spy planes over a country in which the U.S. controls two-thirds of the air space. Since when has the U.S. government asked permission to fly a spy plane over another country? 17. Over the weekend, North Korea threaten to attack, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C if their nuclear facilities are attacked (or if any sanctions are applied on them). This while Iraq is destroying missiles with a range slightly greater than 155 miles. Please explain why Iraq is more of a ?threat? to our freedom than North Korea at this time. 18. After the ?regime change? in Iraq, how willing will the citizens of a war torn country be to ?freely? elect people favorable to their occupiers, and will they have to surrender their personal weapons? 19. Iraq is accused of murdering its own citizens. Fair enough. But has the United States ever gone to war (including the threatened use of nuclear weapons) due an enemy nation ?murdering its own citizens?? 20. After we win this war, will there be peace? That?s it. This author won?t have anything else to say on the matter. When the battle starts, I will have no choice but to support our folks on the battlefield. I just want to make sure that years down the road, I have all the right answers when I?m asked? ?Why?