Apr 09, 2003 11:53 AM
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(Updated Apr 09, 2003 01:57 PM)
Some feel that the war will bring an end to a dictator and benefit the Iraqi people.
Some feel that the war is unjust.
Whatever be the end result, I feel that this war is marking the beginning to the end of the human race.
Why?
First, we have seen the failure of the United Nations, an organization formed to ensure world peace.
For a moment, some may feel that they have become all the more'super' by overriding the UN. But as I said, its just a beginning to the end.
An end to a body concerned with the welfare of the countries worldwide. An end to a body who should have had a vital role in ensuring world peace. An end to a body who was supposed to keep all the countries and their rulers under some sort of control.
Is it a nice trend? Just because you are a part of a super power, is it not condemnable? I am yet to hear from any of the war supporters about what they feel like overriding UN and passing their verdict over another country and its ruler. Now, don’t blame the French and Russia for not helping you get through with the case. They did what they feel like doing, whatever the reason might be. They have every right to that. Why do you feel that all the countries in the world should hail to the US or else they are harbouring and nurturing terrorists?
The results have begun to show. North Korea has openly touted their nukes and has also said that they will flute any UN resolution to disarm. They say that they are no Iraq and they wont let US do to them what they did to Iraq. Ok, now, what about a war on North Korea? Come on, lets teach them a lesson too. But this time, the US may have to pay a heftier price for that. And it maynot be just the soldiers who may have to pay it. But the civilians too, including mine and your families. Maybe I and you will have to witness our kids being bombed or starve to death. If you use them to others, there is no reason someone else couldn’t use it upon you too. But then, it could be also counted in the'price'. Afterall, without bloodshed, we wont be able to rise to higher positions. How much high? Upto the heavens?
Why I feel this war is unjust and cowardly.
The very striking thing about this attack is the cowardly nature of planning this.
Nurturing the dictator Saddam Hussein with all the WMD.
Encouraging to wage war with Kuwait.
Imposing UN sanctions for upto 12 years, with the sole interest of no other country but America.
Using the UN to ensure that there are no WMD in Iraq before venturing an attack - and still talk about not cooperating.
And then, when all have failed, using Weapons of Mass Destruction all throughout the country - why- because the people of that nation were ready to die for their freedom than having to succumb to the imperialists. Well, they were not SMART enough to cheer for the winning team!
Is there anything left in that country? Any human being left so that you could impose democracy? I mean, is there anything left there other than the'secured' oil wells, water from the Tigris-Euphrates and plenty of reconstruction projects? So what was the aim of the war?
At the beginning of the war, these were the aims:
To find WMD
To kill Saddam
To enforce democracy
Now, at day 20 of the war, the aims seem to have changed.
No WMD found yet, but we still need to search for it.
The issue is not about eliminating Saddam(why, cos its just not possible, remember OBL?)
democracy, no, they will have a military rule and then an interim(read puppet) government who will serve the interests of US.
So, should we all drink in what the US says? We have freedom of THOUGHT in addition to freedom of SPEECH. Most Americans are yet to know what it is!
About suicide bombing. How is he different from a soldier? A soldier has to be prepared for the worst when he signs the job. He gets paid for serving his country's interest. A suicide bomber in an attacked country is also serving his country in his own means. I cannot really understand how anyone can'bully' you into it. Is it like I keep a gun on your head and ask you to go blow out? Come on, gimme a break. They are martyrs in my eyes because they have died defending their nation. Not while unduly attacking another country.
This war is of benefit to just a few people. And sometimes I feel that the US President himself is a pimp to the greatest threat to world peace, Israel. Israel has already called for reopening a decades-old oil pipeline running from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to the Israeli port of Haifa on the Mediterranean after the US-led war on Iraq ends. Israeli President Ariel Sharon is using the US to serve Israeli interests. All US administrations, whether Republican or Democrat, are held to ransom by Israel's strong Jewish lobby which controls the US economy, media and defence establishment. If you ever come across an Israeli shekel coin, scrutinise it carefully and you will find a map of'Greater Israel' that takes in parts of Egyptian territory from the eastern bank of the Nile, Jordan, Saudi Arabia - stretching southwards(only upto Medina and not taking in Mecca) - all the way to the Euphrates in Iraq and border with Iran. That shape of'Greater Israel' is shown in ancient Jewish texts and recent Zionist publications.What does that tell us?
Contrary to the popular notion, the anti-war people are not anti-American. We just happen to be pro-human.
