-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 04 December 2002 14:25, James E. Jacobsen wrote: > If a 747 was hyjacked and crashed into the Mall of America on > a busy day, -with some 30,000 gallons of fuel on board- or into the IDS > Tower- actions reported to have been actually considered, with Bin Laden > Luitenants being in the city and going to the mall- then I expect all > of these sanctimonious -hollier than thou- pronunciations of anti war > declarations against the guy who pays $25000 to families of each suicide > bomber- would be gone like ghosts in the night.
Considering Mr. Hussein supposedly pays Palestinian terrorists to bomb Israelis, I'm not sure I see the connection. If I'm not mistaken, the largest group of the 9/11 terrorists were of Saudi extraction and subscribe to an ideology that is not at all aligned with Mr. Hussein's fairly non-religious doctrine. Perhaps the U.S. should reconsider its numerous investments in propping up brutal, non-democratic regimes throughout the Middle East (first it was Mr. Hussein himself as he made life a terror for some Iranians, then it was the Taliban in Afghanistan, and still we count as allies one of the most oppressive governments in the area: Saudi Arabia)-- although one must admit these fanatics been fantastic in keeping our war machine well oiled. Playing the factions against each other in a bloody game of war/chess is not the way to show the world the wonders of freedom and civilized society. In fact, it's proven that it makes them hate us so much that they'd gladly sacrifice their own lives to make us suffer. All that said, I frankly don't care if Mayor Rybak signs or vetos this resolution. I think if the citizens themselves are not willing to make their thoughts on this war clear to their elected representatives, then we don't need to have our city officials do it for us. They were not elected on platforms related to their stance on international military matters but their stances on local issues such as library/school funding, police matters, zoning, etc.. and without compelling and direct links to the business of the City of Minneapolis, this is a distraction. And anyway I think Minnesota as a state has already been pretty clear where it stands, in spite of Mr. Coleman's election. Both of our Senators voted against the war and 10,000 of our citizens rallied at the State Capitol to oppose it. I haven't seen a 10,000 person march in favor of the war, so I'm going to assume that a war against Iraq at this time has no real support in this state. This makes any City Council resolution on this matter redundant. If they are looking for something to do, perhaps they could look into repealing or amending the law against dancing in the streets of this fair City of Lakes. -Michael Libby (north Mpls, Cleveland neighborhood). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE97qlB4ClW9KMwqnMRAoMIAJ90p7bcPz1/r2Bo/2FS0qjTSv4I9gCfVUi/ 3nR02afb9ZYPpMlEuZatb+M= =02kX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
