Posted by wendy b. on February 14, 2003, at 12:20:46
In reply to Re: State of the Union speech.... » Ritch, posted by IsoM on February 14, 2003, at 11:38:06
In response to a previous post, France's purported anti-semitism is a smokescreen issue. The Resistance movement in France during the war is legendary, and France had and still has a large Jewish population. There are anti-Semites in every country on earth; the French don't have a corner on the market...
I'm not apolitical, never have been, never will be. I think fairness and decency should be the ideals we live by. Calling a spade a spade is ok, *really.* There is a world of difference between the French ambassador's speech today at the United Nations (we have not given enough time for the inspectors to do their work, Saddam is belligerent, yes, however, there have been *no* discoveries of weapons of mass destruction according to Hans Blick, let's enter into a war *only* if there is irrefutable evidence that Iraq is not complying), and the current headline about Bush saying, we will win decisively, we will win completely, etc., blah blah blah. Even after so many countries have said today at the U.N. that it is ill-advised to do so.
However, Israel can have all the weapons of mass destruction it wants, supplied in large part by the U.S. Hardly anyone brings this up in any of these debates... But Bush and his war-mongers keep maintaining Iraq cannot be allowed to do the same thing Israel has done for decades... How much instability does *that* account for in the Middle East? The U.N. and every other civilized country (except ours) agrees to a Palestinian homeland, but Israel will never agree. It amasses arms and nuclear warheads, continues to settle lands that were specifically designated as Palestinian areas, and where is the outcry against these policies? Why is Israel permitted by the world community to point weapons at Palestinian lands, kill thousands of innocent people, try to kill Arafat in his own headquarters, etc. etc?
I am opposed to any country's having these weapons, and I am opposed to war of any kind. Peaceful resolutions are the hallmark of a civilized society, this is what the U.N. is all about... The U.S. wants to pick and choose which resolutions to adhere to, and which they will simply ignore or openly defy. The inspections should be allowed to continue, and I believe (as do millions of others around the globe) we still have a long way to go before any attack would be justified.
Peace and love, not war,
singing peace songs this weekend,Wendy
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