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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (455)	3/20/2003 2:57:35 AM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 21614

And if Iran joined in...then the Israelis...there will definitely be others BECAUSE the Israelis joined in. These would be the steps toward WWIII. You are blindly trivializing the risks. AND don't forget, this invasion of Iraq is actually a first assault on Saudi Arabia as outlined by one of the folks in the Bush's policy cabal. Message 18726148

To: AK2004 who wrote (455)	3/20/2003 3:10:45 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

And with a bit of Russian agitating stirred in: The Russians not only (this is debatable) >have the best intelligence service in the world<, (but not this) >they also have close relations with the very players – Iran, North Korea and Syria< – that might upset U.S. plans by widening the war in either the Far East or the Middle East. With a twist of Russian irony, Putin made the following statement on Monday before a group of Muslim religious leaders: “Russia has a community of 20 million Muslims, and we cannot but take their opinion into account. I fully share their concerns [about a U.S. assault on Iraq].” This KGB colonel, this scourge of Chechnya, who stood before the Hindus of India and pledged Russian support in their struggle against Islam, is suddenly a Muslim sympathizer. According to Putin, “We stand for resolving the problem [of Iraq] exclusively through peaceful means. Any other option would be a mistake. It would be fraught with the gravest consequences. It will result in casualties and destabilize the international situation in general.” Putin spoke to his Muslim listeners of the rampaging of “a drunken cowboy.” Anyone familiar with the U.S. President ’s wilder days will understand Russian president’s allusion. It is not something a friend would say. Putin further stated that attacking Iraq was “playing with the fate of many peoples and the fate of the world, and no one but God has the right to do that.” The Russian president made these statements for a very important reason. He clearly intends to exploit any and every negative effect that follows the start of the war. financialsense.com