• we are so insulated that war will not affect us.
• peace protesters are potential terrorists, normal people don't do things like that.
• Saddam can not blow up the twin towers and get away with it.
• Saddam and Bin Laden are the same person.
• 9-11 is where you can buy pops and potato chips.
• nuclear bombs will fix the problem.
• war on Iraq is a reality show.
• war is justified because gasoline is 82 cents/liter and going up.
• war is good because it creates jobs.
• Afganistan? What Afganistan!
• What has just happened???

-- Is Bush a modern Churchill?

-- Can modern military technology minimize the loss of life in an attack?

The US military admitted after the 1991 Gulf War that 70 percent of the
bombs missed their targets. Only 7 percent of the bombs dropped were
"smart" bombs. Even when "smart" bombs were used, their targets are
usually infrastructure, such as water filtration plants and transportation
systems. One of the consequences after the 1991 Gulf War was a malaria
epidemic that killed 100,000 Iraqi civilians.

-- What would be the environmental impact of bombing Iraq?

During the Gulf War, the US "fired 900 tons of depleted uranium into Iraq,
drenching it with permanent, radioactive contamination" ("Bombing the
cradle of civilization," David Orchard). If there are chemical weapons in
Iraq, the consequences of bombing them could be catastrophic. In 1991, the
US blew up a warehouse of chemical weapons without informing their
soldiers about the contents of the building. Since the end of the war,
many soldiers who served have suffered debilitating illness known as "gulf
war syndrome."

The US military will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if they see fit.
The New York Times editorial writer, William Safire, said, "If Mr.
Hussein turned totally suicidal and tried germ warfare, he would invite a
nuclear response."

-- How can we stop the suffering of the Iraqi people?

Governments cannot continue a war which the majority of the citizens do
not support. The Vietnam War could not continue when the masses of people
protested against it. During the last Gulf War, millions of people
protested to end the war. In US cities, hundreds of thousands protested.
Today, many governments who supported the last Gulf War, do not support
another one.

-- Is it a 'just' war?

Under the principles of “just war”, as formulated by St Augustine of Hippo and later by St Thomas Aquinas, war can be waged only as a last resort and by a “legitimate authority”. It must be fought with “right intentions”, for example in self-defense or to redress a wrong, and with a reasonable chance of success to avoid excessive death and injury. The theory of just war also holds that civilian casualties must be avoided, that the means used must be proportionate and that the ultimate goal should be to establish a peace “preferable to what would have prevailed if the war had not been fought”.

-- What is the doctrine of 'preemption' and its implication?

The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list. High level Administration figures recently refused to take nuclear weapons off of the table when discussing a possible attack against Iraq. What could be more destabilizing and unwise than this type of uncertainty, particularly in a world where globalism has tied the vital economic and security interests of many nations so closely together?