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Iraq was not only devastated by the last Gulf War of 1991, but it's economy is being destroyed by sanctions which has meant that the Iraqi people have not been able to rebuild their country, to build vital things like new schools, hospitals, and factories, the whole country has been left in ruins since the end of the last Gulf War. The money that Iraq gets in return for oil for trade cannot be spend on rebuilding the country they are only allowed to spend it on humanitarain aid. Iraq is a country which is dying. It's whole infrastructure is in ruins, it most certainly doesn't need another war!
Far more people have also been killed by both the last Gulf War and economic sanctions than by Saddam Hussein.
It also strange how government leaders never have enough money to fund hospitals and schools properly but can always find billions and billions for a war!
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And who is responsible for both of those? Oh, yeah...Saddam...
Steelgate, get help. Really.
And all that humanitarian aid and cash goes where? Into the pockets of Saddam and his cronies, that's where. Public accountability is an alien concept to such people.
If they are dying, why not let them die?
Prove that. I want to see tallies of gravestones. Oh, I forget, Saddam conveniently plays down the numbers of those his tyranny has killed and inflates the numbers of those 'martyrs' killed by American bombs.
Not strange at all. National defence is the number-one priority of any government, or should be.
I say again, Iraqi oil is the important issue here. How much longer can Saudi Arabia be expected to remain stable? Not long, I guess. The West simply cannot afford not to try to secure Iraqi oil. The main problem is that the Middle East is such a volatile area that such a move could destabilize the whole region. Weighed against that we have the certainty of soaring oil prices and the possibility of nuclear, biological or chemical attack by Saddam Hussein. Not to mention Osama bin Laden, presuming he's still about, or his followers.
Those of us who are teenagers can, in my hunble opinion, look forward to the near-certainty of at least one act of nuclear terrorism in their lifetimes. Also in my humble opinion, the prime targets would be Washington, D.C., New York City and London. Cheery thoughts.
The Western countries like Britain and America have a long history of arming brutal regime like Indonesia for example, a regime led by Suharto who came to power in a CIA backed coup in 1965 overthrowing a democratic government and murdered 500,000 political opponents and then in 1975 invaded East Timor killing 200,000 within a few years.
The American government also gives billions in aid to the Columiban regime which is one of the most brutal in the world!
Also western economic policy needs to change to give justice to the Third World and to stop supporting brutal regimes that terrorise there own people. They could start by writting off Third World debt that would help reduce poverty in Third World countries and only support democratic government and states that respected human rights.
Finally Western countries need to call of the coming attack on Iraq! An attack on Iraq will not only cause enormous suffering and death for the Iraqi people but will make Western countries like Britain and America even more hated in the Third World and lead to even more terrorist attacks on them like September 11th. Muslim fanatics have already warned that Britain would be a target if Britain attacks Iraq!
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Really, a psychiatric evaluation would be a good idea.
Once again just to remind everyone the route of the march is from the Embankment where it will assemble at 1pm and then it will go to Hyde Park for a mass rally.
Two major national newspapers also strongly oppose this war - The Mirror and The Guardian they might also be displaying advertisements for the march soon as well. Even members of the Tory Party have been speaking out against this war so things are looking good.
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Think you've said this elsewhere. Let me remind you of my response.
100 coaches will carry a maximum of 10,000 people.
Hardly a "massive" influx from a town with a population exceeding 2m
He, he, "major" newspapers :rolleyes: Circulation not even half of The Sun, and I think we all know what their position is...
Now, who would have predicted that either of those papers would have been anti?
Go on surprise me, tell me that the Socialist Worker is anti too...
I would urge everyone going on the demo not just to march from A to B as everyone always does on demonstrations but to go further. The rally is going to Hyde Park which is conviently near Oxford Street so thousands of people could then go onto hold a mass blockade of Oxford Street which would really make politicans sit up and listen the anti-war movement!
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It is you who needs to get help so that you can see that war is wrong! War is mass murder and mass destruction and can never be justified! You can never justify bombing a whole country and killing and maiming tens of thousands of people!:mad: :mad: :mad:
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One need only look at where Europe would be now if Hitler had never been stopped. Of course Hitler was of a calibre well beyond Saddam, but basically there are cases where countries or leaders must be stopped by force. Iraq is not such a case, and certainly not by my country which put him in power, armed him and encouraged him to do our dirty work for us.
Hmmm..well, all Saddam has to do is comply with the Ceasefire and UN resolutions that he agreed to in 1991 to stop them..pretty simple, isn't it?
Yes, because the thousands of anti-capitalists who do it every MayDay really make the politicians sit up and listen. Oh... wait... no they don't. Because the politicians don't care, and don't listen to the people who are disrupting their country.
Once there is a massive anti-war feeling amongst the British public which this march will help inspire further then it will be very difficult for Blair to keep supportting Bush over the planned war with Iraq. Blair is already coming under pressure from 150 of his own MPs if the anti-war movement keeps up the pressure Blair will be forced to back down.
Already several trade unions including the fire brigade union have agreed to back the anti-war movement and call a strike should Britain and America attack Iraq.
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Once again just to remind everyone it starts at 1pm at the Embankment in central London this Saturady, September the 28th.
If anyone is coming from outside London and needs somewhere to stay overnight either on Friday or Saturday an anti-war camp has been set up in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum.
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And risk being raped? No thanks.