Talk abounds how the
United States must act against the dictatorial brutality of using poison gas,
yet unproven. Others say that the president's prestige and credibility are on
the line. Therefore we must bomb Syria. And there are those who maintain that
the United States must win over world opinion by standing firm against
dictators. In our view, no matter what course is taken, to bomb or not to bomb,
the United States loses. And as far as the "moral high ground?" We remember
well who helped Saddam Hussein launch his poison gas attacks against Iran. And
we also remember Agent Orange.
As long as the brutal tools of war are used to carry fear-filled olive branches, the US will lose. There is no strategic or tactical or moral benefit to the United States for bombing Syria. For with all the shock and awe and terror and fear inevitably comes loathing. Bombing an already chaotic situation is only a prescription for disaster and more loathing, much more. There is also the enormous risk of causing a vastly wider conflict. We refuse to accept another political adventure into the same carnage of war under the same tired misrepresentations and false-flag patriotism. We spoke out for the innocent victims of the Iraq war and today we speak for all the innocent Syrian victims past and perhaps to come. In all aspects, bombing Syria is exactly the wrong thing to do. Now is the time for dialogue not dynamite.
basra girl reduced by gaza-filistine-skyrock
Basra, Iraq, 24 March 2003
Mike Moore, The Daily Mirror (UK0
Service
Academy Graduates Against the War and West
Point Graduates Against The War call on all graduates of United States service academies to speak out
against the continuation of the destruction of the honor of the United States
and the dissipation of its military. Membership is open to all alumni of
the United States service academies, and widows, widowers, parents, and
children of deceased graduates. Enrollment has grown steadily and includes retired and active duty graduates.
Contact: James C. Ryan, USMA 1962
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