More Hippy Lies on Iraq
December 9, 2002
Joshua Taj Bozeman

Check out this site...these people are crazy. Making sure Iraq doesn't have weapons won't help stop terrorism? That's odd...research has shown Iraq, Iran, and other nations have given weapons to terrorists. I guess these guys must have forgotten about September 11...I guess terrorists didn't attack, and I guess it could never happen again.

They claim peace is the only way to solve problems, that war has never done anything, which we all know is not true. I guess we should have found a peaceful way to end WWII, huh? WWI even...maybe we should have fought the British with the pen instead of the sword...would be free then? No...if we hadn't fought the Germans, Hitler might have gained control of the world...If we hadn't attacked Iraq in 1991, how many Kuwaiti's would have been killed? People like this are clueless when it comes to the real world. Peace will never solve every problem. Bad men will rise up, and the only way to stop them is with force.

One big thing I notice is this piece of garbage they list on their site: "The United States sanctions already have killed 500,000 children under five and at least 1 million people total. And that doesn't take into account the diseases that have killed because Iraqis can't get medicine, economic collapse brought on by the Gulf War, and starvation caused by Iraqis not having access to food. Do these children really need a war on top of all that?"

Funny...the "United States sanctions?" Lie number 1! You notice one lie in a piece and you can totally discard the entire piece. There are NO U.S. sanctions, they are UN sanctions!! They are still in place BECAUSE OF IRAQ and especially because of Hussein. You can't lift sanctions and let him do whatever he wants...he threw the weapons inspectors out in 1998...we have tried to abide by the UN, but the UN has been highly ineffective in dealing with Saddam. They allowed the weapons inspectors to be tossed out by Hussein, then they did nothing after that. I like how people get angry, because they say the U.S. is trying to be the world's police, when they have no right...yet, they turn around and blame the U.S. for a problem that lies squarely on the shoulders of the UN and NOT the U.S. It's really convenient to constantly blame the U.S. for everything...as you can see from this group of jokers!

This is also on their site: "The marshlands of Iraq provide an environment for traditional agriculture, fishing, hunting, and other life-sustaining activities. Iraq is also home to unique and endangered species, some of which already have been lost. Another war in the region would surely endanger the precious marshlands and unique species further."

So, let me understand here...they want to protect marshlands and possibly give Hussein the chance to give weapons to no telling what terrorist groups? Terrorists groups that will use them against HUMANS!! Gosh...I can see the argument there. Let's let Saddam do whatever he wants so we can protect the marshlands!

They also say this: "An attack on Iraq will have nothing to do with stopping terrorism. It will have nothing to do with the liberation of the Iraqi people. And it will be only marginally concerned with weapons of mass destruction. Instead, this will be a war to extend and deepen U.S. control over the energy-rich Middle East, the single most important source of strategic power in an industrial world that runs on oil."

That's just funny. Keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of a madman and, in turn, terrorists will have NOTHING to do with stopping terrorism. Check out the sources for their claim that the war is all about oil. Funny stuff, huh?

Also this: "According to Pentagon figures, a preemptive strike could kill some 10,000 Iraqi civilians not to mention several young American men and women."

And your point? That's the nature of war. Get over it! It's unfortunate, but it's not an option to NOT kill civilians. If we could attack without killing innocent people, we would. Come on!

You can read the rest of their nonsense on the site. Do so if you want a good laugh. Let's just all be thankful that people with views like this...that are based on distorted facts and such are not in control.