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| THE INEVITABLE AND UNWELCOME WARS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By Peter Riden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E-Mail: [email protected] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Initial Comments made 29 January 2003] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upon listening to The State of The Union Address by President George Bush Jr. it is observed that the US Government has declared war against Iraq. Any good war strategist does know that you don't tell when one is to attack but you know that the element of surprise demands that it be sooner than later. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This time, it's a case of "Minority Report." No aggression has yet occurred from Saddam Hussein, but some "cognitives" might have sensed a future not yet accomplished and passed the information to the "thought agencies" so that action be taken before the fact in the desire to prevent such action to take place. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What else?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anyhow.. it will happen and it's coming soon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| War is never a pretty sight and, in the current circumstances, when the stealth initial strikes take place we will have to come to realize that the favorite past times/lifestyles of some civilians will come to an end. Luckily no one ask the northern American hemisphere to produce proofs we don't have nuclear weapon of destruction, in case of similar threat in their views. If so, and if a power of equal might was to demand such, our own past times/lifestyles (and in these groups we know what they are) would probably also cease to exist. Of course, such power would also probably tell us it is to prevent aggression considering the arsenal that is obviously stacked in this perimeter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| So, the lifestyles we cherish are dependent of how others feel about how threatening we are to them and their preventive measures is to usually make sure such become well monitored, if not squarely dismantled, by those who do not want any propagation of such. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There are the big wars, as the one coming upon the Iraq nation and there are smaller, yet also devastating wars, against those who do not fit or conform to the expectation or regulations of more restrictive regulating elements, be it governmental or religious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| So the lifestyles we enjoy now ought to be appreciated for the freedom it now represents as this freedom might not be as guaranteed in the times ahead. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| War might help some acquire more freedom as in Afghanistan, but it may change if such war becomes more internal. Our cherished freedom took quite a dive past 9/11. It's hopeful we cling to what we have left of it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [At Peter's specific invitation, I am also including a 'dialogue' that he and I had as a result of his response on 30 March, when he responded to my e-mail requesting comments on the war. Note that PR stands for Peter Riden, and RT for Ron Tobin.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RT: If you have a few moments, and are so inclined, I would welcome comments for publication about the war that your country has been wise enough to stay out of. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR: I don't want to think it is wise but it would appear more vacillating in the case of the Canadian country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And as the presentation of events keeps coming it appears that there are more violence from those who say they speak in the name of peace than the strategy observed by US-UK forces in Iraq. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RT: Suffice it to say I am opposed to this war, I see no good coming out of it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR: I wrote something in that regard in late January but by keeping really informed on all fronts I must say that those dealing with the Iraq situation have shown a rather exemplary composure and it looks more as a liberation front than an invading front as were the WW1 and WW2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In fact seeing the protesters in the name of peace tends to make Me realize that when we speak for peace? Chaotic behavior is not the way to do it. It looks good for the US-UK forces and it looks bad for those who truly believe in worldwide peace. And seeing so many Iraqis abroad welcoming what is being done to the current regime tend to make Me realize that it appears the US-UK knew much more in what they were embarking themselves and maybe they are going to achieve a liberation both of us probably didn't think of, at first. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Riden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| [RON TOBIN REPLIES: Peter, my true friend, I think you are indulging in some wishful thinking here. What the US and the UK have done will increase the level of freedom for many in Iraq, but certainly not for all. Further, while they have certainly talked up the liberation and freedom aspects, let us not forget that this war was an act of vengeance (to restore the 'honor' of George H.W. Bush, W's father) against Saddam Hussein and secondly an act to keep the world safe for consumption by taking the Iraqi oil fields. Sure, they will give the fields back to the Iraqi people, after some very favorable long-term contracts for delivery at cheap prices have been signed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saddam Hussein is (was?) an evil, horrible person. I shed no tears for his passing, or for the collapse of his power source, the Baath Party, and I hope that the Iraqi people do have a better future under whatever new regime comes to be. However, that is all incidental. This was a power play by the American Imperium, in which President-Dictator Bush went against the vast majority of the international community to settle a personal score. For that, we will all pay.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [This article originally appeared in the March/April 2003 issue of THE THOUGHT.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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