What should we do if Isreal attacks Iran?! (AKA - WW3) | |
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Orchid Girl 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Personally, I think the USA will have a draught because they will definitely get involved in that war if if Iran is attacked. Definitely. Think about it - Sharon was just at the ranch. They werenīt just there to talk about pig farming........ |
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Anonymous Coward 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | here ya go Flex your Political Muscle by Susan Galleymore [This essay will appear in CodePinkīs forthcoming book, How to Stop the Next War Now] Military moms, dads, spouses, grandparents, and siblings are learning to flex our political muscle. We invite you to join us. When we gathered in the streets to protest preemptive war our president said, "I donīt listen to focus groups." And we went home. When our loved ones were deployed to Afghanistan to seek Osama bin Laden and to Iraq to seek Weapons of Mass Destruction, we watched events on television: the chaos in Kabul, the terror in Tora Bora, and the bombing of Baghdad. Our president announced, "Mission Accomplished." And we stayed home. When our president told us, "Our brave men and women in uniform are sharing the gifts of freedom and democracy to those who donīt understand liberty but weīll teach īem," we watched our military bomb Fallujah and Karbala and Najaf and Samarra and Ramadi and Sadr City. And we saw Iraqis resist our gifts of liberty. When our dead soldiers were brought to Dover Air Force Base under cover of dark our president said, "Itīs disrespectful to the families of the dead to show flag-draped coffins." And, we nodded and thanked god the next dead soldier wasnīt our child. Then, suddenly, it was our child, or our childīs friend, or our friendīs child. Then a few of us responded, "Wait a minute. What about the dead children of Kabul, and Tora Bora, and Baghdad, and Fallujah, and Karbala, and Najaf, and Samarra, and Ramadi, and Sadr City? Our sons and daughters are supposed to liberate their sons and daughters, not kill them." Then we learned that military recruiters lie to our idealistic high school students to persuade them to enlist. We learned that, despite our presidentīs promises to allocate funds to train, feed, clothe, and raise the pay of our soldiers, many of our soldiers are not adequately trained and donīt have wholesome food or water, or protective armor, and their pay has been reduced. We learned that the Department of Defense misrepresents the numbers of Americans killed and wounded and never mentions the numbers of civilians killed and wounded. We learned that our mainstream media parrots the rhetoric of fear our president uses to coerce us into silence. But we will not be silent anymore. Now we follow military recruiters into high schools and counter their lies. Now we speak out about the exploitation of our troops, their lack of adequate training, food, uniforms, and armor. Now we invite the media to join us as we retrieve the flag-draped remains of our loved ones from the military. And we assure other Americans that it is not disrespectful to our families to share our grief. Now we tell fellow Americans that our president and our military glosses over the Geneva Conventions and implies itīs okay to abuse civilians; that our loved ones face mortal danger protecting corporate contractors on their mission to privatize Iraqīs industries; that our military dispenses anti-depressants to our troops to dull their misgivings about killing in Baghdad and Fallujah and Karbala and Najaf and Samarra and Ramadi and Sadr City. Now we tell fellow Americans that The War on Terror is making all of us less safe at home and more reviled around the world. And we have more to do. Letīs bring home the 165,000 troops from military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. But letīs not stop there. Letīs bring home our troops from Camp Bondsteel and Camp Monteith in Kosovo, from Camp Sarafovo in Bulgaria, from Camp Doha in Kuwait, from Camp Andy in Qatar, and from the over 38 bases on Okinawa and over 100 bases in South Korea. Letīs bring home the half a million troops from the network of over 725 other US military bases around the world. Letīs refuse to support these bases and the social and cultural displacement of civilians forced to participate in the bars and brothels surrounding them and the drunkenness, drugs, and violence that accompany them. Letīs funnel the billions of dollars currently spent on these bases toward the education, health, and well being of fellow Americans. But first let us fully fund the healing of our wounded soldiers, our toxic chemical contaminated soldiers, and our psychologically traumatized soldiers. Let us fully fund the housing of our homeless soldiers and the generative futures of the widows and orphans of our dead soldiers. Letīs levy an excess profit tax on corporations and individuals reaping huge profits from war and occupation. Letīs spend these millions on reparations to Afghans and Iraqis for the destruction weīve wreaked on their homelands. Letīs not stop there. Letīs immediately halt the manufacture and use of depleted uranium munitions, cluster bombs, fuel air bombs, land mines, and nuclear bunker busting bombs. And letīs stop selling and donating these weapons to governments around the world. Military families are learning to do these things. Join us. Together, we can realize our power, flex our political muscle, and create a truly democratic world. Đ Susan Galleymore is a military mom, writer/producer, and founder of MotherSpeak, an organization that fosters cultural awareness by sharing the stories of those affected by war and terror (www.motherspeak.org). [link to www.awakenedwoman.com] |
Anonymous Coward 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "In the blue corner from the Mediterrain Sea we have, thoughting 100-200 nukes, with a reputation of ending wars in 6 days, with the U.K. and the U.S.A in itīs corner, and God as itīs trainer----ISREAL-ISREAL " AND "In the red corner from the Indian Sea we have, thoughting undisclosed nukes-germ warheads-sunburst missles, along with a reputation for terrorist bombings-hostage taking, with Russia and China in itīs corner, and Allauh on itīs side----IRAN-- IRAN" "LETS GET READYYYYYYYYY TO RUMBLE!!!" |
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Dreamcatcher 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thatīs my prediction. The War will be labelled "World War" because most countries will be involved, however my guess is, other than parts of Europe again, the Middle East and East Asia being obliterated...the U.S and Canada will sustain minimal damage at the conclusion of "World War 3." Donīt get me wrong..cities will be attacked via long range missles....millions of American troops will be lost...fear will grip our continent like never before....but compared to how the rest of the world fairs...Iīll take our spot anyday... |
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Anonymous Coward 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We also need to educate dirt poor Mexican kids lured by recruiters into the military. Case study: A Mexican youth I knew in Chicago hadnīt eaten for two days. By chance, recruiters hassled him and when they learned he was hungry they offered to take him to a McDonalds to eat all he could -- if he joined up. Heīs now dead. Many like him are simply one-tour grunts: poor, uneducated, desparate. Without them, Bush would be drafting troublesome middle-class whites. |
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Anonymous Coward 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2 Peter 3: 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. -- Note that the salvation of Christ IS the only way to be saved from what is going to come on the face of the whole earth. How to be saved? Pray to Jesus Christ and ask Him to save you from your sins. Confess to Him that you are a sinner and ask Him to come into your heart, into your life. Mark 16: 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Now is the day for salvation; donīt tarry as time is growing very short. |
Anonymous Coward 12/08/2005 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | " keep the tank full" Yeah right, like 200 more miles will matter. Doubt if it will be Russia doing the flipflop. More likely the UK since they own most of the wests oil infrastructure. The monetary standard of choice then becomes the Pound. They will be more than happy to sell to the Russia/China remanats that they donīt already own. |
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