Not long ago, I stated in this forum, in a rather prophetic manner, that the attack on Iraq is a fore gone conclusion.
However, as far as I am concern, I believe the Administration in Washington, DC has not yet presented a valid evidence, a smoking gun in the hands of Saddam Husssien , if you want, which is convincing enough before members of the international community and would warrant an attack of Iraq by the US. Now, were the United States to Present evidence which clearly shows that Saddam Hussien does possess weapons of mass destruction, then perhaps efforts to disarm Hussien would be understandable. That stated, one is always worried about the so called "Collateral Damage" ..you know the Iraq civilians ( women , children, and old men) who will most definitely die en-mass if there is a war in the golf. As a peace activist , I say the world, as the Holy father has pointed out, need peace, and not politics of sabble rattling! unfortunatly those who rule the world have decided that there will be a war... if only to redeem American prestige restore pride among the masses. We can only watch hopeless and follow in line in the parade as the the world is being lead into wars!!! Matek << VATICAN CITY (Jan. 4) - Pope John Paul II is ''deeply worried'' as tensions increase over a possible war in Iraq, a top Vatican official said, adding that no country can act alone to police the world. The comments by Archbishop Renato Martino, prefect of the Council for Justice and Peace and the Holy See's former U.N. envoy, came amid a series of Vatican criticisms of a possible war in Iraq. In the last two weeks, the pope himself has called for peace in the Mideast, although without explicit reference to Iraq. Martino, in an interview with Rome's La Repubblica newspaper published Saturday, described the pontiff as ''deeply worried.'' ''The pope lives the drama of the moment, he feels involved personally,'' Martino said. Martino argued that ''unilateralism is not acceptable.'' ''We cannot think that there is a universal policeman to take a stick to those who behave badly,'' he said. Asked about the idea that some in the United States want the country to act alone, he said: ''It's because American society is very close-knit and it feels sure of itself. Then there's the aggression it suffered on Sept. 11. The fact that they hadn't ever suffered aggression on their own territory played a role in the reaction, which can be understood. ''Yet it's clear that - being part of the international assembly - the United States must also realize the needs of others.'' Several Church officials have expressed grave concerns about a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq. The pope's Christmas message called on the world to ''extinguish the ominous smoldering of a conflict,'' although the pontiff did not mention Iraq by name. The Bush administration has threatened to use the American military to disarm Iraq if it does not give up its banned nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as required by U.N. Security Council resolutions. Iraq maintains it has no more banned weapons. AP-NY-01-04-03 1344EST >>
