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Fellow Iraqi activists - I am wondering if others are sharing my reading that
the US is preparing for a confrontation with Iraq over weapons inspections?
The signs of war mongering pop up everywhere. Yesterday's Washington Post
editorial is the lastest and clearest indication of the war-mongering
atmosphere that is frightening me. The sense of emergency over Iraq's having
rebuilt or now rebuilding its military sites is everywhere - the NYTimes
reports on Defense Department aerial photographs of rebuilt military/weapons
production sites; Cohen justifies the need for a missile defense shield by
citing the threat posed by Iraq; the US intercepts a Russian tanker carrying
Iraqi oil and in response increases its naval presence in the Gulf; Russia
says that it is deploying a reconnaisance ship to the Mediterranean in
response to new NATO moves aimed at Iraq.
How do you read all of this activity? All signs look bad to me. Gore
distinguishes himself from Bradley as having been gung ho for launching
Desert Storm. Clinton has consistently been willing to go the military route
when pressured or when it has been politically expedient. With the
omnipresent rhetoric of Iraq as a rogue state and Saddam as a madman who must
be controlled to protect the world, where are we going except quickly down
the road to bombing or even invasion?
If others feel similarly, please respond. I think we should be
activating whatever emergency systems we possess. In solidarity, Kitty
Bryant
When activists concede the danger Iraq poses to its neighbors, we are playing
right into the rhetoric of war. Hans Blix honestly and forthrightly stated
in a recent BBC interview that no weapons inspectors will ever be able to
certify that Iraq is completely free of WMD, and that this will be a problem
for the Security Council.
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