Re: [microsound] war

[jan.larsson <jlarsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"ethical war"? you are listening waaay to much to cnn man!

children are still dying in terrible cancers in southern iraq after the 
last 'ethical' and 'clean' weapons the US used the last time they were 
there.

dont get messed up by the technical nerds in media. war means 
killing/hurting humans with intent.  dont get caught up in the WMD 
rethoric, its just propaganda.

the US has been actively destabilizing the middle east for a long time 
so they can have some control of the oil. any move towards democracy in 
these countries usually means that government wanting to use the oil 
riches for the good of the country ... so these democratic governments 
has been quickly squashed by (usually) the US and replaced with people 
like Sadam Hussein. lookup "Mossadeq" on Google for an unusually well 
documented example. the US is currently very active in supporting 
various (more or less brutal) dictators in the area.

so you simply cannot solve the problems in the middle east before the 
big problem (the one called USA) is solved. the history of the 
middle-east during the last 100 years is a very interesting read.

fredagen den 21 mars 2003 kl 09.06 skrev c:

> is there anything that those opposed to the war (on whatever basis)  
> have
> in common with those who support the war ?  i am against military 
> action
> without UN backing.
> however i do not fault US, British or Australian military for following
> orders. The military is not (in my opinion) to be condemned wholesale
> because of a administrative position.
> i also must offer my observation that thus far (and it may change) 
> allied
> forces, remember there are American, British and Australian
> troops..............have waged as
> ethical a war as seems possible. The oxymoron is there to be attacked,
> remember we all have opinions, and most likely they are all wrong, that
> includes the one you are reading, and the one forming in your head. 
> life is
> perception, and each media outlet, however biased or unbiased will 
> always
> spin a story. i recently saw a montage of broadcast reports from 
> al-jazeere
> (sic) television reporting that US infrastructure was collapsing, that
> americans were protesting in the streets, and that France, Germany, 
> Russia,
> and China would be providing military aid to the people of Iraq, it 
> can be
> argued all day long whether this is "real" or not.....but to someone,
> somewhere that is what they see, and what we see is what we believe. i
> encourage everyone to practice the very lost art of empathy, even if 
> you
> are not very good at it, try it....even if you dont want to see it 
> from the
> other guys perspective, try it anyway. the worst that happens is you 
> lose a
> few minutes of thinking about yourself, the best that happens is the
> beginning of understanding. this is the best defense against arrogance,
> pride, intolerance and the laundry list of human problems that existed
> before and will exist after the war
>
> IF weapons of mass destruction are in fact found in Iraq, would it 
> change
> anyones mind who is opposed to war ?
>
> IF weapons are not found in Iraq would anyone supporting the war change
> their minds ?
>
> thank you for reading
>
>
> "jan.larsson" wrote:

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