Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!frerichs From: frerichs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David J Frerichs) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.dessert-storm,alt.dessert-shield Subject: Re: War Images Message-ID: <1991Jan22.083331.21587@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 22 Jan 91 08:33:31 GMT References: <9896@orca.wv.tek.com> <1991Jan19.003138.21875@dsd.es.com> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 40 It is really to bad that people have to be so simple minded about the war. I suppose you think it is ok for a dictator to invade a country, annex it, steal it's wealth and brutalize its people... no matter how corrupt that invaded nation is, it has a right to exist, especially if it is a part of the United Nations. The UN gave Iraq plenty of time to withdraw... they chose to face war instead of withdrawing. What good are international laws if they are not enforced? We must stop agression at the root. If one agression is allowed, many more will follow. Ignoring reality is not the road to peace. Look at the example of pre WWII Europe. It wasn't our problem then either, and we didn't get involved... and the agressors kept on taking more and more until the world finally woke up and took action. If we would have ignored him now... the question would have been where would he strike next? If you are complaining about civilian deaths in Bagdad, what about Iraqi attacks on innocent, uninvolved civilian populations in Israel and terrorist targets around the world? What about the parading of POWs on Television? "Give peace a chance."... between western minds, this makes sense, but tell Sadam Hussein and see what type of answer you get. Tell that to ANY fundamentalist moslem Arab in the Middle East and see what they say. They are barbarians with no concept of peace or internatinal law. Their view is one filled with ideas like dying in a holy war (jihad) against the great satanic alliance in a suicide attack is a sure way to paradise. You cannot reason with people like that. Maybe we should post GIFs of: raped.kuwaiti.woman.GIF brutalized.POW.GIF tortured.kuwaiti.GIF wounded.israeli.GIF THINK ABOUT THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION... THINK BEYOND IDEALISTIC RHETORIC... SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. David Frerichs