Re: politics NJC

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I totally agree with this Randy. I think whichever side of the fence a person is on, the fact remains that whatever America does is likely to lead to lots of deaths - go to war (kill Iraqis and risk conflagration), keep the sanctions going (kill Iraqis and give the Arab world another reason to hate the West), lift the sanctions (help Saddam to kill more Iraqis and produce more weapons, which he's likely to use one day). Western governments are faced with life and death choices whichever way we look, and to carry on as though nothing is happening is odd - although admittedly some people might need a psychological break from it. I know I got scared last night for the first time after reading that Saddam has apparently handed over biochemical recipes and Iraqi scientists to al-Qaeda related groups. It feels as though the whole world has changed, and we're back in the middle of the cold war with all the chest beating and propaganda, except now the "enemy" is more agile and less visible.

Sarah


At 9:53 PM -0800 02/20/2003, Randy Remote wrote:

I agree. As Jackson Browne sang, there are lives in the balance. To carry on as if we're not tempting Amageddon is kind of like fiddling as Rome burns.