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MARCH 19, 2003 INVASION OF IRAQ
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a
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MAY WE NEVER FORGET THIS
IMMENSE WAR CRIME, THE COUNTLESS WAR CRIME ATROCITIES THAT FOLLOWED, AND THE
VICTIMS WHO CONTINUE TO SUFFER WHILE THE PERPETRATORS—BUSH, CHENEY, RUMSFELD,
RICE—WALK FREE
This Monday marks the
eleventh anniversary of the US
invasion of Iraq Iraq
The Bush Administration
has launched a war against Iraq US
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SHOCKED BUT NOT
SURPRISED
Dick Bennett, UA
March 4, 2003, Anti-War Rally
We are shocked but not surprised.
I. From 1945 to the end of the last century, the
United States
attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than
30 populist-nationalist movements. From Eisenhower’s
CIA overthrowing the elected president of Guatemala
in 1954, to Bush One’s armed forces overthrowing the dictator of Panama , the U S caused the deaths of several million
people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair. The real history of the U.S. is very
different from the self-serving public relations patriotism of our presidents.
And now Iraq . Pres. Bush’s invasion is part of the long
history of US invasions I have just described.
And it was planned three decades ago.
This war against Iraq
is not about disarming Iraq ,
not about weapons of mass destruction: after 12 years of inspections, bombings,
spying, aerial surveillance, our leaders don’t have a clue as to the weapons’
existence. Nor is it about
terrorism. Saddam Hussein had no
connection with Osama bin Laden and the 9-11 bombings. Nor is the invasion to protect the US or Iraq ’s neighbors. Iraq
did use chemical warfare against Iran
and its Kurds, but during the past 12 years, Iraq
has not threatened, much less attacked anyone, while the U.S. has attacked Sudan ,
Somalia , Afghanistan , Iraq ,
and Yugoslavia .
The only leader threatening
the world with nuclear weapons and pre-emptive attack is George W. Bush.
What the invasion is about,
is the U. S. dominating the Middle East and its oil resources.
II.
But I
think you know this. So now we are
asking, what should we do about it? What
should we do? And here we are. We are showing our government our disapproval
in this nonviolent, democratic way.
What else can we do?
First, We are supporting our
troops. We are trying to prevent the
Bush administration from sacrificing their lives and the lives of innocent
Iraqis. We do not believe anyone should
die because some fanatics who have gained power over our government want to
control the world. Speaking directly to
the troops and opposing the false patriotism of war have only barely been
explored by us.
Second, We are supporting
international law and the United Nations.
The US
was a founder of the UN. It has been
extraordinarily useful to the international community and to the U. S. as a
forum for debate, to solve problems, and to serve humanity. Yet many US
leaders have undermined the UN.
The US
has opposed many treaties desired by the majority of nations of the world: for
example, the Kyoto Treaty, the International Criminal Court., and the
International Land Mine Treaty. The UN
and international law are not the villain here.
We are rightly shocked at our
government’s plans to invade yet another country, but our lack of surprise, our
foreknowledge, strengthens us for the long struggle ahead to find leaders who
respect good laws and do not want to kill.
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