w_a_r monee "we are right" 041222 ... The Graces from Heaven "War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." * War_is_a_Racket * 041222 ... monee blood_oil_and_diamonds 041222 ... a "point". Attack on US Iraq base: Your reaction http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4116461.stm 041222 ... * Many warned, few listened. Bush and Blair ignored their citizens and began their war of choice. Now the troops and innocent Iraqis pay the price. Will it end it? No, the propaganda continues to be waged by Blair in Baghdad and Bush in Washington. What's different? Anne Forrest, Sacramento, CA, USA 041222 ... ** It's outrageous that fine men and women have to pay these great sacrifices, for an ignorant American foreign policy. Rene Dupont, Copenhagen Denmark 041222 ... *** Nobody believes this violence can be halted, and the American people are disheartened by the war. Few believe that a workable democracy can still be installed. Most likely many years of bloody civil war are to follow. Yet for America to withdraw after Mr Bush's grandiose promises of freedom and democracy, would mean conceding failure and losing face. "It is the common man and woman who have to suffer the consequences of their leader's arrogance and stupidity." Luc Gilleman, Northampton, MA, USA 041222 ... an "amazing" newslink "How many more lives must be lost?" Claire Whitley, Raleigh, USA 041222 ... why not E_v_e_r_y__L_i_f_e__i_s__i_m_p_o_r_t_a_n_t ? 041222 what's it to you? who go blather from