RE: PEACE and HUMANITARIAN PLEDGE--OT

April 3, 2003

In a message dated 4/3/2003 3:18:35 PM Central Standard Time,

jondus@... writes:

> Did ya'll

> forget about 9/11? Bin Laden wasn't the only bonehead involved in that

No we haven't. But the Bin Laden and Hussein thing are mutually exclusive

according to the Pentagon.

April 3, 2003

In a message dated 4/3/2003 1:17:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jondus@... writes:

> Hello. I'm starting to think this country has a short memory. Did ya'll

> forget about 9/11? Bin Laden wasn't the only bonehead involved in that. I

> hope our people don't actually believe this is for oil and money. We've

> stayed out of those other countries because they haven't attacked us

> (innocent civilians). But Iraq has.

Okay, I was going to keep my thoughts to myself because, well, I get called

" unpatriotic " but I'm going to share anyway. First of all, even though I'm

from the Middle East (my parents are from Palestine and Jordan), I was born

in this country and consider it my home. So, I kinda think I have a unique

perspective because I straddle both sides of the fence (or world) so to

speak. I make an effort to watch both CNN and Al-Jazeera to get the well

rounded view as to what's happening. Yes, there is propaganda on Arabic TV

but let's not forget that it exists here in the States too. I believe Bush

claiming that this war is about the Iraqi people is propaganda. It's to gain

everyone's support. If he stated his real reasons (least not we forget that

Bush and Chaney have made millions off oil), how many would support this war?

I doubt very many. Yes, I dislike Sadaam just as much as the next person, and

contrary to popular believe, so does my family in the Middle East. He needs

to be dealt with but is this the best way? I haven't forgotten about Sept 11

but I also haven't forgotten why we were attacked. We were seen as the big

bad bully who was in everyone's business. Just look at how many countries

we're in right now or are planning to meddling with. " Fixing " the

Israeli/Palestinian conflict is next on our list. And we wonder where all

this anti-American settiment comes from? Waging a war and killing innocent

people (the same ones we supposedly are trying to help) is just drawing an

even bigger target on our backs. The U.N. was trying to come up with ways to

deal with Sadaam but no, we had to go and do it our way. It just seems so

hypocritical to me. Here's a quote from Bush himself... " We expect nations to

oppose all terrorists, not just some of them. No political cause can justify

the deliberate murder of civilians. " I don't see how what we're doing is any

different. It just seems like our foreign policy has turned into " Do as we

say, not as we do. "

And Jeni, no one ever said that we didn't support the troops. We understand

they're innocent pawns in all this. Wanting them to come home now so not one

more gets hurt is as patriotic as it gets. And I have watched the news.

Wasn't Sadaam complying with our orders by disarming before we decided to

attack? Yeah, he was.

~Deena~

" We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a

fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us

to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the

fiction of orange alerts. We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you,

Mr. Bush! And any time you've got the pope and the Dixie Chicks against you,

your time is up. " -Micheal .

April 3, 2003

Stacey -

I totally and 100% agree with you. This Saddam thing has been going

on forever & I truely believe we are only getting involved with the

whole thing because of money & oil, and the fact that Bush Jr is

pissed because of a past assasination plot of Hussein's against his

father. There are so many countries run by evil dictators, but we

don't involve ourselves with their rights because they don't have oil

or other lucrative resources. I feel bad for our troops, fighting

because of some personal vindeta Bush has against Hussein & to fill

our coffers with oil. The only thing I can do is speak up against it,

and pray for the people of Iraq, the soldiers (yes, on both sides),

and the leaders, that they state making right decisions.

Jenn

> OKay, here is my opinion of the war and I'm sure it

> will tick some people off but here goes. I don't

> understand that with ALL the money being spent and ALL

> the intelligence we claim we have and ALL of our

> problems are with Saddam Hussein & family and NOT the

> Iraqi people, why is it with ALL of this we couldn't

> just pinpoint and snipe Saddam out of the way? It did

> not have to come to this point. 1 evil man's life is

> not worth thousands of innocent ones. These people

> have done nothing wrong other than be born in the

> wrong place at the wrong time and under the leadership

> of a crazed man. We have family in Pakistan and I'm

> scared everyday knowing the fear my sister in law

> feels when she puts her 4 innocent children to bed

> telling them it's ok and knowing it's not. And she

> considers them blessed, they haven't had to go through

> the hunger or the direct fighting. I do feel something

> needed to be done but I think our reasons were not

> true. This is more of a war about money and oil, the

> problems with the Iraqi people are nothing

> new...neither are the secrets, lies, or treachory of

> Saddam. Why now? Where have we been all along? Why are

> we so concerned now? Because of the allmighty $$.

> Don't you think the timing is coincidental though?

> We're tapping our oil reserves....they have

> oil....hmmmmm...ol W. feels he needs to finish

> what ol dad started? we have the excuse " oh the Iraqi

> people are suffering...WE'LL save them " smells fishy

> to me. I still think if someone offerred someone the

> right price Saddam could have been " handled " somewhere

> along the way. 1 life for all of the lives lost in

> this war as well as past wars there as well as the

> life he himself has shed of his own people?

> Anyway....I guess those are my views. I don't support

> the war, I do however support our troops as they are

> just pawns on some fat men's chessboards. I pray for

> them and for their families.

> Well hope I didn't tick anyone off...those are just my

> humble opinions

> Stacey

April 3, 2003

Hello. I'm starting to think this country has a short memory. Did ya'll

forget about 9/11? Bin Laden wasn't the only bonehead involved in that. I

hope our people don't actually believe this is for oil and money. We've

stayed out of those other countries because they haven't attacked us

(innocent civilians). But Iraq has.

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