Re: Former Iraqi Air Force General : "WMD's moved to Syria before War"
- From: alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alan)
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:52 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <memo.20060129193715.692a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alan) wrote:
> In article <Kj8Df.762282$xm3.388793@attbi_s21>, george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (George) wrote:
>
> *snippage* of *mass* *ignorance*
>
> http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47775
>
> The murder of a half a million children is a price worth paying?
>
> VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: In my piece concerning John
> Edwards which ran this past week, I wrote: "In the November 28, 2005, issue
> of 'The Nation,' John Edwards was quoted as saying: "I voted for the
> resolution ... it was a mistake."
>
> I have to add that I respect anyone, regardless of what decision they made in
> the past, when they see that it was wrong. I have deep respect when they
> come out of the political closet and with humility to state that their vote
> was a "mistake."
>
> With that said, I want to make a public apology to Ms. Cindy Sheehan after
> writing this piece on my personal blog: Cindy Sheehan went too Far in
> Comparing Clinton to Bush. As a member of the Democratic Party here in the
> United States, I allowed politics to get in the way of the truth ... as a
> journalist allowing one's politics to formulate one's writing is wrong.
> http://blog.radioleft.com/blog/MaryMacElveen/_archives/2006/1/26/1724573.html
>
> If I am truly going to be the people's voice, I cannot allow politics to get
> in the way.
>
> After Ms. Sheehan made this remark: "And about Bill Clinton... You know, I
> really think he should have been impeached, but not for a blow job. His
> policies are responsible for killing more Iraqis that George Bush. I don't
> understand why to rise to the level of being president of my country one has
> to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office,
> but it's been held by a long line of monsters."
>
> The person who submitted that quote said: "No one in the Democratic Party
> should support Cindy Sheehan" ... and against my better judgment I followed
> her lead. Rule number one as a journalist is to follow your own instincts
> and find the basis of why someone has stated an opinion. Rule number two is
> if you are a member of a political party, do not let it get in the way of
> reporting the facts as you see them and if you have a belief contrary to what
> your party states, hold true to those beliefs.
>
> Today a fellow foreign journalist sent me an email stating of Bill Clinton:
> "I actually don't think Clinton -- nor anybody of any nationality in his way
> of life -- can 'walk on water.' I have to say that he is correct. There are
> many times that people do follow leaders where they suffer a God complex. No
> leader or government is infallible and knowing how much in danger a woman's
> right to choose is within this country, I stand firm for a woman's right to
> choose.
>
> Upon doing further research and opening my eyes, the war with Iraq never
> ended. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, that was the start of our war with
> Iraq through the Gulf War and it has continued to this very day. Bush Sr.
> should have finished the job and taken Saddam out when he had the chance.
> Since he failed in that mission, both the United States and the United
> Nations placed sanctions on Iraq where far more innocent Iraqis died during
> that decade than in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
>
> So, while many would just love to blame Bush, the blame does not lie solely
> on his shoulders.
>
> According to: "We Think the Price Is Worth It." When former US Secretary of
> State, Madeline Albright (who served during the Clinton administration) was
> asked by Leslie Stahl: "We have heard that a half million children have died.
> I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the
> price worth it?" This is what Madeline Albright had to say: "I think this is
> a very hard choice, but the price -- we think the price is worth it."
>
> *
>
> No words can adequately express my anger where a former Secretary of
> State would say that the murder of a half a million children is a price worth
> paying.
>
> I used to hold Albright in high regard, but, after reading that, it turned my
> stomach. She that owes the Iraqi people an apology ... anyone with small
> children would quickly anger upon reading this: "UN Food & Agriculture
> Organization (FAO) report that 567,000 Iraqi children under the age of five
> had died as a result of the sanctions."
>
> As I read: The Sanctions War this quote stood out: "We call on the president
> of America, the vice president and the congressmen to come to Iraq and see
> the little children, and Tony Blair, the UK government and Kofi Annan to come
> and to go to the cancer ward and give us an answer...what was their crime?"
> -Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez-Esquivel of Argentina who traveled
> to Iraq in March (AP, March 9, 1999)
>
> It is then I remembered George Galloway's statement before the (United
> States) senate subcommittee looking into the oil for food scandal where he
> said: "Now, Senator, I gave my heart and soul to oppose the policy that you
> promoted. I gave my political life's blood to try to stop the mass killing
> of Iraqis by the sanctions on Iraq which killed one million Iraqis, most of
> them children, most of them died before they even knew that they were
> Iraqis, but they died for no other reason other than that they were Iraqis
> with the misfortune of being born at that time." Mr. Galloway stated this on
> May 17, 2005.
http://www.respectcoalition.org/mp3/galloway.mp3
http://www.respectcoalition.org/audio/ggtest2.asx
> In reading the list of items banned in the "Sanctions of War" this one hit
> particularly close to home where medicines for epilepsy were being denied to
> innocent Iraqis. You see, I do have epilepsy and know all too well how it
> feels to have a seizure. I find it horrific that epileptics in Iraq were
> denied life saving medications during these sanctions. Yes, people can die
> from epilepsy.
>
> I was horrified to read: "Iraq is being collectively tortured for its
> defiance of American and Israeli domination plans for the region. Even
> official UN reports document that nearly 1 million Iraqis -- mostly the young
> and the elderly -- have died in the past eight years as a direct result of
> American policies. Other expert estimates put the number at somewhere between
> 1.5 and 2 million -- half under the age of 5."
>
> I cannot wrap my brain around that one. Can you?
>
> While some will say this was all Saddam's fault, it was not ... you do not
> punish an innocent people because of their leader.
>
> As I reported in my piece "Blow Back," the United States government used the
> CIA to topple foreign leaders who were perceived as being unfriendly to our
> interests ... the use of the CIA in these programs did not only happen under
> Republican administrations, they also happened under Democratic ones as well.
>
> * If I am to be true to journalistic ethics, I have to hold both parties
> accountable when I see injustices done around the world by this (USA)
> government.
>
> As I fear that my government can topple Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and
> take hold of his country ... while that may not happen right now under Bush,
> it can very well happen in the future under a Democratic president. I will
> equally lash out at that administration when I see it meddling in affairs
> that do not concern the United States.
>
> I think if we, as a people, are horrified where we see the taking of
> innocent human life through sanctions, wars, the toppling of governments as
> being abhorrent, then it is up to both Republicans and Democrats alike to
> speak up against this (USA) government. If we do not like an elected
> official's beliefs and actions within our own parties, then we must work to
> replace them.
>
> In closing, I again want to express my apologies to Cindy Sheehan. Through
> her words, she shook my belief system to the core, but it was up to me as a
> journalist to see how she came about formulating that opinion. While out of
> respect for the other moms', dads', wives and husbands who have lost loved
> ones, I wish she would not use the term "freedom fighter" to describe those
> who have killed American soldiers, she is entitled to her opinion.
>
> Violence begets violence and we must all remember that.
>
> Mary MacElveen
>
> Alan
>
> "Can't you see we're still here,
> Can't you see we're still here,
> Singing loud; Singing clear,
> We shall not go under,
> We're still here."
>
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>
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>
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>
>
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