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Amongst all the debate surrounding the pros and cons of military action against Iraq/the Iraqi people, I found one view that really crystalized the issue. This was expressed by Paul Foot in his article in The Gaurdian(monday 9 February). We can not be sure that bombing Iraq will succeed in destroying the weapons that Saddam Hussein may be hiding. "Killing thousands of children and other civilians is the only certain consequence of the bombing of iraq by British and US warplanes". Those who support military action really have to ask themselves what the purpose of this war or any other is, and whether a short-term political objective justifies the price that will most certainly be paid in terms of human lives and suffering. Selwa Calderbank Trinity Hall Cambridge -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html