Hey Anne, I just wanted to say this is a wonderful perspective to present for all of our consideration. It's so true you just can't dress it up any way you look at it. I know sometimes it is inevitable and/or unavoidable - I just fail to see that in this situation. And all over thw world right now there is more and more tension because of our threat and I wish we as a nation would be all that we can be for real.
Thanks Anne. Peace, Susan I have to say that this shows a real lack of understanding of the > horror and real destruction of war. "No tanks have ever > rumbled through these streets." Aren't we (in the U.S.) > lucky? You do admit to being something of an armchair > soldier in a later post, Sarah. Being more than an > arm's length away from the destruction and death makes > it much easier to advocate war. It's remote. It's > facelss. It's nameless. And that's what we see on tv, > images of laser guided missiles finding targets on a > screen, much like a video game. It's neat and clean and > bloodless. > > War is about burnt flesh that smells somthing like > bbq'd meat. It's about maimed children and orphans. > It's about facing the terror of 9/11 every day. It's > about destroying the infrastructure of a country. > > I believe unequivocally that this proposed war is > absolutely, completely senseless. I stand by a previous > statement. It's about the oil. Period. If we were so > morally high and mighty, we'd be in many other > countries in droves. I'll use my favorite example - > Sudan. We don't give a rat's ass about the atrocities > there because they don't have a single thing we want. > > I can't stand Saddam Hussein or what he does in Iraq. I > want that to end. But war isn't the way to do it. It's > like cutting off the hand of a theif. You wind up with > someone who's pissed off and disabled. In this case > we'd be cutting off the hand of Iraq, rendering it even > more disgruntled and crippled. I believe the solution > is education, education, education. And that takes > time. I, for one, am willing to be persistent AND > patient. > lots of love > Anne Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
