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  • Most of this news coverage has taken the form of Tony Blair speaking on behalf of Parliment, and Parliment speaking on behalf of the British people.

    Tony Blair is deliberately misrepresenting British public opinion. The opinion polls are mostly showing the majority of the British population don't support the war (at least, not without another UN resolution).

    On what grounds are the British people not supporting war in the gulf?

    It's not just in the UK. Much of Europe seems to have the same doubts. Ther

    • May I add my favourite reason ?
      • the continuous arrogance of US' foreign policy is going to fabricate more terrorists and Al Quaeda supporters.

      • Re:Antiwar Protest (Score:1, Flamebait)

        by jordan (120) on 2003.02.11 23:13 (#16920) Homepage Journal
        • the continuous arrogance of US' foreign policy is going to fabricate more terrorists and Al Quaeda supporters.

        I'm not sure what will create more terrorists, but I know what will create less.

        I believe that Al Qaeda is less secure today than before we went into Afghanistan. I like to think that this means less terrorism.

        I feel less secure with Al Qaeda access to a huge stockpile of VX, Anthrax and possibly smallpox from Iraq.

        I do believe that more Al Qaeda supporters are being created daily with Osama Bin Laden blaming the US for starving Iraqi children, while money that could feed those same children is spent on mobile biolabs.

        Maybe if an open democratic society could be established in Iraq and Afghanistan (and maybe Iran with their people seeing the advantages of open societies on their borders), there would be less Al Qaeda supporters in this world.

        On the other hand, we could just curl up in our borders and hope that 'Islamic Street' sees that we are no threat to them and stop their terrorism... Somehow, I don't believe this.

        • I feel less secure with Al Qaeda access to a huge stockpile of VX, Anthrax and possibly smallpox from Iraq.

          Saddam Hussein is an atheist (or an autotheist, "someone who thinks he is God"). He's the leader of a socialist party (the Ba'as party). He's also a megalomaniac. I don't imagine him funding islamic terrorists, unless he has complete control over them (obviously not the case with Al Quaeda). Al Qaeda zealots are against democracy, against separation of churches and state, and as well against Saddam

            • Saddam Hussein is an atheist...

            That's funny, I could swear that I see, almost daily, videotape of Saddam Hussein on his prayer rug, bowing down in prayer in the manner of Moslems.

            I can't read Hussein's mind. I don't know if he's an atheist or not. I do note that Islam does not require belief, only obedience, which is how they went about "converting" so many to their religion. As long as Hussein is bowing down, he's Muslim.

            It is quite clear to me that Hussein wishes to curry favor with Moslem fandame

            • The Terrorist organisations have called saddam an atheist and an infidel. In the tape which supposedly links iraq and al qaida bin laden refers to the iraq rulers as solialist infidels.

              Although iraq is on the whole a muslim nation, with a muslim majority it has a wide range of races and religions - this is because it was created artificially, like isreal, but european empire builders as they carved up the lands the middle east.

              Calling Saddam a muslim is like calling hitler or david koresh a christian. M

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                • Calling Saddam a muslim is like calling hitler or david koresh a christian.

                I don't know if he's a muslim or not. Clearly, he appears at Mosques and prays to curry favor with Muslims. He clearly wants support of Muslims and their interests collide.

                • More importantly jews and christians in muslim countries are treated a lot better than in christian, jewish and hindu countries.

                Oh yes, like the Christians that are gunned down in Pakistan.

                • Bin laden said nothing about working with Saddam - he said all m
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