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

To: rrufff who wrote (13592)	4/15/2003 12:35:21 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 21614

Iraqis knew Hussein's evil Ka Leo O Hawaii (U. Hawaii) ^ \| 4/14/03 \| Marlo Ting uwire.com . . . . . . . Life under Hussein gave the Iraqi people some wisdom many protesters lack. The Iraqis know, just as well as everyone else knows, that war is hell. But they also know that there are things worse than war, something the average freedom-enjoying peacenik isn't likely to acknowledge. After seeing an anti-war demonstration in London, Fadel Sultani, President of the National Association of Iraqi Authors said, "I had a few questions for the marchers. Did they not realize that oppression, torture and massacre of innocent civilians are also forms of war? Are the anti-war marchers only against a war that would liberate Iraq, or do they also oppose the war Saddam has been waging against our people for a generation?" He never did get a chance to ask them. The human shields were idiots. Did they really believe that coalition bombers would refrain from targeting as tempting a target as a school, simply because a diehard hippy, badly in need of a shower, was standing in front of it? Although they went to Iraq as blind, ignorant sheep, marching to the beat of "peace" activist music, some of which is admittedly catchy and cute, they came back with insight and information the people supporting this war have been reading about for years. They gained a little bit of that wisdom Iraqi civilians have had for so long. I have yet to hear of a single case where a human shield left Iraq and said that the Iraqis were, for the most part, very against this war. Instead, they write about how the Iraqis wanted the war. They were willing to risk and incur casualties. "Peace" with Hussein was worse. When the government-minders weren't listening, the repressed Iraqis started talking. And what they said will never be heard at any anti-war rally. The Iraqis know what evil is, more than any overzealous protester ever will. For them the absence of war doesn't necessarily coincide with the presence of peace. And they know that what the coalition is doing is another step toward restoring true peace to their war-torn country. That's why they cheered the coalition's advance, played soccer with (and beat 9-3) British Marines, pounded images of Hussein with sledgehammers and shoes and greeted our soldiers with a warmth and gratitude that rivals anything we'd probably be able to muster. The Iraqis know war and suffering; now they will know peace and freedom. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------