ChiTown Lady
17th March 2003, 11:08
Since the second world war
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Has bombed 21 countries
China 1945-46, 1950-53
Korea 1950-53
Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-61
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Lebanon 1983-84
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Bosnia 1995
Sudan 1998
Former Yugoslavia 1999
Iraq 1991-20??
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-02
We are told there is no option but to wage war on Iraq. But the options are clear. We bomb innocent people and hope that this will result in a change of leader. Or we allow UN weapons inspectors to do their job, we work for a change in regime rather than leader, we allow medicines and food into Iraq and we avoid a humanitarian disaster.
There is no legal justification for any invasion or associated bombing of Iraq. There is no hard evidence that Iraq possesses any weapons of mass destruction and there is no substantiated connection between the Government of Iraq, September 11th, and the al Qaeda network. Iraq's neighbours; the ones most at risk from Iraq's weapons, are against this war.
The point I am trying to make with this reply is the fact that the United States is without a doubt the MOST trigger happy warmongering nation in the world, and has been for quite some time now. This is what I see.
(Edited by ChiTown Lady at 5:22 am on Mar. 17, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Has bombed 21 countries
China 1945-46, 1950-53
Korea 1950-53
Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-61
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Lebanon 1983-84
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Bosnia 1995
Sudan 1998
Former Yugoslavia 1999
Iraq 1991-20??
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-02
We are told there is no option but to wage war on Iraq. But the options are clear. We bomb innocent people and hope that this will result in a change of leader. Or we allow UN weapons inspectors to do their job, we work for a change in regime rather than leader, we allow medicines and food into Iraq and we avoid a humanitarian disaster.
There is no legal justification for any invasion or associated bombing of Iraq. There is no hard evidence that Iraq possesses any weapons of mass destruction and there is no substantiated connection between the Government of Iraq, September 11th, and the al Qaeda network. Iraq's neighbours; the ones most at risk from Iraq's weapons, are against this war.
The point I am trying to make with this reply is the fact that the United States is without a doubt the MOST trigger happy warmongering nation in the world, and has been for quite some time now. This is what I see.
(Edited by ChiTown Lady at 5:22 am on Mar. 17, 2003)