Feh.
Posted on 02/17/2003 1:45:04 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
It should be obvious to anyone watching the anti-war demonstrations that environmental groups - the Greens - have joined socialist organizations, the Reds, to present a united front against regime change in Iraq.
Contrary to their pious calls to protect the environment and for what they call "grassroots democracy," neither exist in Iraq. Greens and Reds have joined to support the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein and denounce the intention of the United States and its partners to end his threat to the region and the world.
In doing so, they are deliberately ignoring his past ecological crimes as well as crimes against humanity.
A Feb. 12 statement on the Internet site of the World Socialists, the International Committee of the Fourth International, states, "Rarely has a war crime been set out as openly before the eyes of the entire world as the imminent war against Iraq." The statement says "there is no credible evidence" that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
Everyone knows that Iraq has great stores of chemical and biological weapons, in addition to the missiles and other devices to use them. Saddam Hussein's efforts to secure nuclear weapons is common knowledge.
The Greens/Green Party USA issued a joint statement charging President Bush with making "warmongering threats that make him a far greater danger to world peace than Saddam Hussein." The statement called the plans for regime change "war crimes being planned by the White House."
On February 14, Greenpeace announced that it is "fundamentally opposed to war" and cited its efforts in Great Britain, Belgium and Australia to block movements of military hardware and call attention to its opposition to the U.S. and coalition nation's intention to disarm Iraq.
The irony of the Greens' opposition to the U.S. and its coalition of other nations can be seen in the ecological devastation perpetrated by Saddam Hussein during Desert Storm. At that time, Iraqi troops set fire to more than 700 oil wells in several Kuwaiti oil fields as they evacuated, creating an ecological disaster zone.
Even before the fires, Iraq intentionally released an estimated eleven million barrels of oil into the Arabian Gulf from January to May 1991, causing damage to more than 800 miles of Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian coastlines. CNN reported that the amount of oil released was categorized as 20 times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska and twice as large as the previous world record oil spill.
Where's Gallagher when you need him? And with that in mind, where's Peter Gabriel?
Rent-a-mob.
Even before the fires, Iraq intentionally released an estimated eleven million barrels of oil into the Arabian Gulf from January to May 1991, causing damage to more than 800 miles of Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian coastlines. CNN reported that the amount of oil released was categorized as 20 times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska and twice as large as the previous world record oil spill.
I'm gonna try to get this printed in my local paper.
I thot dat wuz speled "Waddermellons!"
No cotton picken way! It makes BROWN, the color of effleunt!
By so publically protesting this war, the environmental movement will be permanently tarred. There will be no way to get out of it.
They're still dreaming the dream.
Es schaun aufs Europaischen Union voll Hoffnung schon Millionen, Der Tag für Freiheit und für Brot bricht an.
Feh.
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