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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (8965)	3/20/2004 1:36:01 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

On Anniversary of a Divisive War, Italians Cry to Withdraw Troops By JASON HOROWITZ Published: March 21, 2004 ROME, March, 20 — A sea of Italian antiwar protesters took to the streets of Rome Saturday demanding that their government withdraw its troops from Iraq, while protesters throughout Europe staged demonstrations to mark the one-year anniversary of the American-led invasion. Advertisement Tens of thousands of Italians, many draped in rainbow-colored peace flags, accused President Bush and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy of waging an unjust war that had become increasingly perilous for their own national security. Many pointed to the March 11 commuter train bombings in Spain, which claimed 202 lives, as evidence that the war had increased the threat of terrorism rather than quelled it. "We want all of the soldiers back home and an end to this war," said Raffaella Bolini, an official of the Italian groupStop the War, which organized Saturday's demonstration. "The Madrid attack shows that the peace movement is right, that Bush's policies put us all at risk." nytimes.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (8965)	3/20/2004 5:48:57 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

BTW if Bush is so black and white on "evil" dictators and terorists out there why hasn't be already invaded North Korea, Cuba, Myammar, Iran, Syria, Beirut, etc. Obviously we have finite resources. For all we know one or more of these may be on a list. You can believe that if Bush gives any of these countries an ultimatum, they will take it very seriously - because he has backed his words up with force in the past. An opponent of the Iraq war - even a retroactive opponent - wouldn't have this credibility. Notice the one country he did invade and commit ourselves to holding onto was the easy one with the most oil, and he repeatedly lied about why he was going in. This country sits on the Persian Gulf and we were already involved in maintaining sanctions and no-fly zones there. I would add that in fulfilling those UN approved duties our planes were being shot at on a daily basis. Frankly, war against Iraq would have been justified just on that alone - firing at our forces is an act of war after all.