From: dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier)
Subject: Re: Somalia
Keywords: no reply
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:54:22 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.205358.1658@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> awells@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Andrew V. Wells) writes:
>Here's some more fan mail I've gotten from those lovely people who
>are in love with war, because it is mass-murder they can cheerlead for:
>
>>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 11:40:58 MST
>>From: valerio@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Valerio Franceschin)
>>To: awells@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu
>>Subject: Re: Somalia
>
>>First of all, the Gulf war was a UN, international campaign, not just that
>>of the US. 
>
>Bush deployed troops to Saudi Arabia, and afterward the
>UN began bowing to US demands. Member
>countries of the UN were theatened, cajoled, and bribed by the US
>into passing a resolution which said that "any country can do whatever
>it likes" in response to the gulf crisis. That is hardly an approval
>of the the aggression launched against Kuwait and Iraq.  Rather it
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^???????^^^^^^^^
>is the anguished cry of a UN being forced into letting the US and
>Britain do what they damn pleased.  If you still doubt that the
>attack against Iraq was a US-initiated assault (involving the
>most intensive bombing in history), 90% of the troops were from
>the US and Britain. There were token forces from other countries.
>But the military command structure was entirely controlled by
>the US.
>
Aggression against Kuwait?  Hello?  The Kuwaiti government and people begged
us to get their goods back for them.  Kuwait now kisses our ass any chance
they get because we pulled their fat out of the fire.  Try typing, "aggression
launched against Iraq to liberate Kuwait" next time.
> 
>>And yes, it was war.  Perhaps you're unhappy that the Coalition was
>>successful.  
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>And Hitler no doubt called the gassing of 6 million Jews "successful".
>Why don't you go to Iraq and try saying that to someone caught 
>underneath the bombs?

Boy oh boy, why don't we compare apples to oranges now?  These transparent
arguments treating the gulf war like the holocaust crack me up.  BTW, most of
those bombs fell on troops that were lined up on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. 
The Iraqi military was hardly a group of innocent civilians.  
>
>>Funny that you should accuse me of drivel, yet you chose 
>>to resort to obscenty. 
>              ^^^^^^^^ (correct spelling:obscenity)

ObPeeve:  Spelling flamers. 

>I think strong language is a perfectly legitimate way of expressing
>anger and revulsion when common moral sensibilities are so
>hideously violated, for example, when people such as yourself
>self-gratuitously cheerlead for whatever aggression the 
>government undertakes. Think about this: the inescapable
>result of the Gulf "war" was the cowardly killing of 
>hundreds of thousands of defenseless innocent people.
>That is the bottom line of war. Perhaps for you the bottom line
>of war is "glory," "heroism," or some other macho bullshit. That is
>a lie. And you scold me for cussing!
> 
Defenseless?  Innocent?  I'd hardly call soldiers carrying Barishnikov rifles
and operating T-72 tanks and MiGs defenseless.  Oh, and the bottom line to
this war was "economics" as it is in ANY modern war. 

>By the way, Schwartzkopf called the Gulf "war" a "turkey shoot."
>And he's right: 200,000 dead Iraqis, and about 100 dead US
>service people. I mourn them all. 
>
You mourn with the rest of us, to be sure.  Only true wacko types giggle as
they watch the bodies pile up.  Then again, only true pinko types toss out a
stream of tired old, "The US government did it, so it MUST have been immoral! 
Let's have a protest march!"  arguments.  The hippies were gone long ago, my
friend.  The only close approximations today are the trendy pinkos, the Free
Shit Brigade, and the mind control commies.

Have a pleasant day.

-- 
Douglas C. Meier		|  I have a trig midterm tomorrow and I'm
Northwestern University, ACNS 	|  being chased by Guido the killer pimp.
This University is too Commie-	|  -Miles, from "Risky Business"
Lib Pinko to have these views.	|  dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
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