The debate in America is pretty much: Should we go to war to disarm Iraq? Having this debate is extermely dishonest as (1) It assumes that the reason we are going to war is over safety and not oil and other geopolitical aims (2) It assumes that, contrary to the testimony of Scott Ritter and others, Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction or that the weapons they have are actually a threat (conventional weapons are degraded, the shelf lives of chemical/biological weapons make whatever they may have harmless) No one questions the fundamental reasons for war, why Bush won't take Yes for an answer, how a small country, easily defeated years ago, strangled by economic sanctions and illegally bombed for 12 years can possibly be a threat to the world's economic superpower, which spends more on defense than the next 20 countries combined. It's completely absurd. Ben
From: Tim Blechmann <TimBlechmann@gmx.net> To: zorn-list <zorn-list@lists.xmission.com> Subject: Re: War Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:47:24 +0100
I ask because I hear that the US media has been completely failing to cover the anti-war movement across the states. I wonder is the underground providing an alternative means of communication? Here in Ireland, anti-war protestors have grabbed a lot of column inches by bashing in the nose of a plane carrying US military personnel with a hammer. I don't think any musicians have done anything specifically pro- or anti-war so far. well, i'd be very interested in the situation in the usa, too. here in germany there are lots of discussions going on about the topic and there are many demostrations against the war. ... and even the german government tries to prevent a war.
and on february 15th, this weekend, there are demonstrations scheduled all over the world. if you have time, please go there and try to stop the war before it starts!!!
Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@gmx.net ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk np: Keith Rowe, Oren Amarchi, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide, Robbie Avenaim: Thumb (Grob) Blind Idiot God: Cyclotron (DIW) To Rococo Rot & I-Sound: Music Is A Hungry Ghost -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac
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