kimmid
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« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2003, 04:24:03 pm » |
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Radaro is right. Many many Palestinians live and work among the Israelies daily and there is not the palpable animosity that much of the world believes. In fact, for all the violence we see on TV and hear in reports, much of the small state of Israel lives "normal" lives. When I was in Israel a few years back, we never saw any violence; however, my husband and friends were quite distraught because they kept seeing reports of "massive bombing," etc. It's true those things happen and happen more often than they should but they are not everywhere. The reason we hear about them as opposed to what we hear from other countries is that Israel is a democracy and their reports are not all government controlled.
On the other hand, Iraq's reports are controlled so that their own people only get the "news" the leader's want them to have. No wonder they haven't revolted on a large scale. No wonder many of them believe that what the US wants to do is destroy them and their nation. Blatently false, but they only know what they are told and do not have the ways we have of finding out things for themselves.
Now I'm not warmongering here, so please don't take it that way. I have many friends and former youth group kids in the military and at risk in this effort. However, if Saddam's power is removed now, some will say that President Bush is out for oil, to make a name for himself, whatever else they might say. If we do nothing now, then when Saddam and/or other terrorists act further and kill more innocents, most will blame President Bush for not acting on the information we have now. You can't have your cake and eat it, too, in this type of thing. Evil is evil...let's call it what it is and deal with it now before it gets more out of control. This is not an easy thing to do and, right or wrong in his other decisions, I applaud this President and his administration for putting on the pressure for this to be handled, by peaceful means or force.
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andream
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« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2003, 06:04:09 pm » |
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This is an example of why the world would be a better place if run by PA's? this groups ability to express strong opinions and to discuss rationally the world, and the impact it has on each of you individually.
Andrea
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JessW
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« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2003, 06:05:42 pm » |
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Thank you all for proving my point! I couldn't have done it better.
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radaro
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« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2003, 07:32:21 pm » |
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And wouldn't the world be a better place if it was based on the principles of co-operation instead of competition?
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JessW
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2003, 10:49:10 am » |
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or in the words of my sainted mother - "why cann't people be nice to each other!".
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elkiedee
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« Reply #20 on: February 19, 2003, 12:26:23 pm » |
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Re stepping up of security and mysterious comments about threats - they evacuated my workplace near Kings Cross station, a very busy transport terminus and red light district on the north-east edge of central London (for non-UK members) and I was annoyed by some of the stuff.
I can see that they have to act if they think there's a threat, but I also suspect that some of the action/reaction is about trying to create a climate where we are more afraid so we accept the solution posed - ie things are scary so let's attack Iraq.
On Saturday's demo, I would have been there but I was on my way back from somewhere else and didn't return to London until 3.30 pm - just in time for chaos, but I was pleased to see how many people joined in.
Luci
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