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

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1153)	3/22/2003 12:03:17 PM
From: ChrisJP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

What we saw last night was the world's only superpower flexing its muscles in a way that will send shock-waves throughout the globe. Yes, shockwaves of relief ! Because now the whole world knows that if our agenda was to destroy or subjugate the Iraqi people like Saddam has done, we would have dropped bombs everywhere without any concern for where they landed !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is it the "worst fears" of the author of this article ? He's deluded. With their own eyes, beamed directly into their homes, they saw cities being destroyed. No city was destroyed. In fact, the people of Basra seemed pretty darned happy to the US & British forces ! "Worst fears" would be US and British forces mowing down unarmed civilians .... ..... like Saddam's army did to the Kuwaiti people back in 1991 ! Karen, why would you post something that is so biased, that completely overlooks Saddam's atrocities, and is predicated on non-truths, that it makes no sense ? Chris

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1153)	3/22/2003 12:24:14 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

The Prime Minister must surely realise how horrendous it looked to the watching world. This is his worst nightmare - people will not be in awe of what they saw, they will be utterly appalled. How many more terrorists were created last night? In our name, by a Prime Minister acting without the support of his people or the United Nations? "the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." ---------- Samuel P. Huntington

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1153)	3/22/2003 12:27:15 PM
From: Dr. Doktor	Respond to of 21614

<And we will all remember how we felt: shocked and awful.> Speak for yourself. I felt enormous pride in the military of this great country. We were able to rain down destruction on Saddam's government facilities without so much as to break a streetlight in residential areas. We let the Iraqi people know what was coming and told them how to avoid casualties. No other country has EVER done that in history. Certainly not these backwards middle eastern cultures. <The bombardment was relentless, enormous, devastating> It was "AWESOME" as advertised. <And others will simply resolve to exact terrible revenge> Come get you some DOC

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1153)	3/22/2003 1:21:01 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

<< The live TV footage of the bombardment of Baghdad last night was sickening to watch and to hear. >> But it was soooooo cool! What an exciting show of force. Pretty soon the oppressed Iraqis will breath the air of freedom! What a great time for humanity! << For those who are opposed to this war, it was hideous confirmation of our worst fears. >> Yeh, that Saddam couldn't get off, but torturing Iraqis anymore! <g> Most antiwar protestors love to see others getting tortured. << The Prime Minister must surely realise how horrendous it looked to the watching world. >> Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The antiwar misfits have no idea what it is like to live in oppression. They have no idea what it is llke to have no rights. What idiots! << For those who already hate America and its allies, including Britain, it was just the kind of advert they've been waiting for to justify more outrages. >> Those that hate America and England can go to hell. Screw all of them!

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (1153)	3/23/2003 12:05:35 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

" Why are you here in this country? Are you trying to take over? Are you going to take our country forever? Are the Israelis coming next? Are you here to steal our oil? When are you going to get out? " Doubts and Questions Slow Aid and Other Concerns Fuel Iraqi Discontent Toward United States By John Donvan S A F W A N, Iraq, March 22 — They were unforgettable images: Residents of this southern Iraqi town openly welcoming coalition forces. They danced in the streets as a picture of Saddam Hussein was torn down. That was yesterday. Traveling unescorted into Safwan today, I got a far different picture. Rather than affection and appreciation, I saw a lot of hostility toward the coalition forces, the United States and President Bush. Some were even directed towards the media. (It was the first time I heard somebody refer to me as a "Satan.") To be sure, conversations with people on the street here begin relatively calmly. But the more they talked, the angrier they got. In part, much of their discontent stems from the unknown. In speaking with them, the newly-liberated Iraqis ask the same questions that seem to nag many outside Iraq. Why are you here in this country? Are you trying to take over? Are you going to take our country forever? Are the Israelis coming next? Are you here to steal our oil? When are you going to get out? Show Us the Aid But also fueling the simmering animosity among Iraqis here is the lack of physical aid and comfort, promised by the United States before the conflict began. The U.S. military said in press briefings today that supplies of food and medicine have been stockpiled and will be delivered to the Iraqi people as soon as possible. But for the residents of Safwan, "soon" isn't soon enough. We were told that some people here have been wounded. And we saw one man taken to a car so they could drive him to Kuwait for treatment. Others told us that three or four people had been wounded during the first night of the war and people were very bitter about that. The notion that the military has things under control isn't quite clear in other aspects as well. Some very reliable Western journalists I spoke with, said they had traveled down a road that the British military told them was clear. Twenty-minutes later, they discovered land mines on the highway. Elsewhere, journalists were running into gunfire. This is all within about 6 miles of the Kuwaiti border. I couldn't help but feel that today was a dicey day, a very dicey day. abcnews.go.com