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Web Exclusives Editor Matthew Rothschild comments on the news of the day. October 17, 2002 War Is Peace At the Oct. 16 signing ceremony for his war writ, Bush's remarks were offensive when they weren't laughable. First, he said this bill "symbolizes the united purpose of our nation." But the nation is not united: 133 members of the House voted against the bill, as did 22 Senators. And the American public is not clamoring for war. Actually, a majority of Americans don't want the war unless the United States gets U.N. approval. And a growing segment of the population is against the war, no matter what. I've been speaking on one campus after another lately, and the resistance to this war is building. Bush is sorely mistaken if he believes the citizenry will fall in line for this one. What was laughable was Bush's assertion that "the United States takes the resolutions of the Security Council seriously." As scholar Stephen Zunes has noted, Israel has violated 32 such resolutions, Turkey 24, Morocco 17, and Iraq 12. Somehow, we don't hear Bush talking about regime change in Israel, Turkey, and Morocco. And what was grossly offensive was Bush's assertions that this war would be "for the sake of peace" or in "the cause of peace" or "defending the peace." How Orwellian is that? In this war for peace, Bush warned that the United States would use "whatever means" to confront Iraq. This is a prospect that must concern all of us who worry about innocent people being killed in Iraq, Worrisome, too was Donald Rumsfeld's recently published assertion that we should not limit the military's options by considerations of "collateral damage." (Rumsfeld said that "the National Command Authorities must not dumb down what is needed by promising not to do things" such as "not to permit collateral damage"). If saving civilians is dumbing down, I'm all for it. Bush also implicitly acknowledged that war may prompt Saddam to do what Bush is so concerned about in the first place: use weapons of mass destruction against the United States. "We will confront an enemy capable of irrational miscalculations, capable of terrible deeds." Now if I were the parent of a U.S. soldier, I'd be furious at Bush today for jeopardizing my child's life. If Saddam ends up using these weapons on invading U.S. troops, Bush will have a lot of explaining to do. -- Matthew Rothschild <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
