Iraq War Myths, realities, and peace protest
Good News, or Urban Legends?
CIA says Bush ignored prewar forecasts
I'm really getting tired of the news lately, and I feel like I'm beating the Iraq War horse to death, literally. Luckily, it's not in vain. More and more Americans are waking up to the reality of the hell they elected themselves into, and Bush's poll numbers are lower than ever. But poll numbers don't mean jack, escpecially when they can be taken from anywhere in the country the pollster wants and usually only contain around 1,000 participants.
What matters is action. The massive protest in Washington last month was a start, but "sitting for peace" won't bring about the end of a disasterous and misguided war. A letter was recently intercepted from the Al Qaeda leadership in Afghanistan to the Al Qaeda leadership in Iraq (if you believe it's authenticity). In it they talked about getting ready for any possible US withdrawl, and their plans afterwards, which included taking their war to other, secular Islamic countries.
I really hope it's not Bush created propiganda, because this letter, rather than providing a reason why we should "stay the course" in Iraq, only shows how the Iraq war put Al Qaeda one step closer to their goal. The pitifully small terrorist camp nestled in Kurdish Iraq before the start of the war was nothing compared to the number and organizational level of the "terrorists" now. Saddam would have never allowed such a base to exist in Iraq and threaten his rule, but without him, and with a weak puppet government, Al Qaeda can pretty much do whatever it wants, aside from having to dodge the occasional US offensive.
How did that relate to my earlier sentence about the need for action? Well, look what your "sitting for peace" allowed to happen. Did the peacenicks at the beginning really think they could stop the war from happening with paper mache puppets and peace drums? Because the peace movement lacks the courage to take their message to the streets with force behind it-- whether it be radio addresses, TV ads, civil disruption, voting in massive numbers, or whatever-- they allowed Bush to blunder into the Iraq War and make Al Qaeda more powerful than ever.
Way to go, guys. Yelling in your designated protest areas really did something...
Update: 5:49pm----
U.S. Accused of Making Up al-Qaida Letter
CIA says Bush ignored prewar forecasts
I'm really getting tired of the news lately, and I feel like I'm beating the Iraq War horse to death, literally. Luckily, it's not in vain. More and more Americans are waking up to the reality of the hell they elected themselves into, and Bush's poll numbers are lower than ever. But poll numbers don't mean jack, escpecially when they can be taken from anywhere in the country the pollster wants and usually only contain around 1,000 participants.
What matters is action. The massive protest in Washington last month was a start, but "sitting for peace" won't bring about the end of a disasterous and misguided war. A letter was recently intercepted from the Al Qaeda leadership in Afghanistan to the Al Qaeda leadership in Iraq (if you believe it's authenticity). In it they talked about getting ready for any possible US withdrawl, and their plans afterwards, which included taking their war to other, secular Islamic countries.
I really hope it's not Bush created propiganda, because this letter, rather than providing a reason why we should "stay the course" in Iraq, only shows how the Iraq war put Al Qaeda one step closer to their goal. The pitifully small terrorist camp nestled in Kurdish Iraq before the start of the war was nothing compared to the number and organizational level of the "terrorists" now. Saddam would have never allowed such a base to exist in Iraq and threaten his rule, but without him, and with a weak puppet government, Al Qaeda can pretty much do whatever it wants, aside from having to dodge the occasional US offensive.
How did that relate to my earlier sentence about the need for action? Well, look what your "sitting for peace" allowed to happen. Did the peacenicks at the beginning really think they could stop the war from happening with paper mache puppets and peace drums? Because the peace movement lacks the courage to take their message to the streets with force behind it-- whether it be radio addresses, TV ads, civil disruption, voting in massive numbers, or whatever-- they allowed Bush to blunder into the Iraq War and make Al Qaeda more powerful than ever.
Way to go, guys. Yelling in your designated protest areas really did something...
Update: 5:49pm----
U.S. Accused of Making Up al-Qaida Letter
posted by Michael Paine at 12:18 PM
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