Jabou,
So far, all your arguments presented here are recycled materials. I have not
read anything original from your posts. You better raised some original
arguments because accusing me of regurgitating arguments.
I have already made my arguments on all the points you raised in this email
and I don't intend to repeat myself over and over again.
I look forward to our next exchange on another topic.

Ousman





>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 'Human Shields' head for Iraq/Ousman
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:59:37 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/28/03 7:54:54 PM Central Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>On Scott Ritter you wrote:
>
> > Why story got leaked now is immaterial. A person with such screwed up
>morals
> > has neither decency nor credibility. Watching the guy evade those
>questions
> > on CNN erased all doubts.
> >
> >
>Ousman,
>Scott Ritter got his assignment to lead the  last weapons  inspections
>because of his professional qualifications and that has never been in
>question then nor is it now. His performance on the inspection team and his
>assesments have not be discarded to anyones' knowledge. Correct me on that
>one if I am wrong.
>  Therefore, this story is immaterial to this issue at hand and it can only
>be
>material if one is grasping at straws to make a case that has yet to be
>made.
>
>
>You also wrote:
>
>"So many people have voiced opinions on this matter and the facts about all
>the
>pros and cons are well established. All I have tried to do is points to
>those arguments that is there for everyone to see."
>
>Ousman, you have done much more than that. You have even gone as far as to
>brand those who oppose the war anti-american and most of them are
>Americans.
>
>You wrote:
>
>  "The truth is that these people are nothing more than a bunch of rabid
>anti-Americans. It seems like they would support any dictator, no matter
>how
>terrible he is, if only he is against America. And there is nothing noble
>about these people risking their lives in what they believe."
>
>
>Where in the World did you get the information to support such a statement,
>and why and how can you declare that people's actions for what they believe
>in  is not noble?
>One of the cornerstones of the constitution of the United States ais  the
>right to have freedom of expression and to have the leadeship answerable to
>the people. No one is deemed un-american for that, and infact, it si what
>strengthens this country. It is not like most of Africa where sadly, all
>one
>has to do is tag oneself onto a political leader, sign the chorus and be
>rewarded with small favours
>
>You also wrote:
>
>"Where were they when Saddam was bringinghardships on his people through
>his
>war with Iran, his initiation of the Gulf War and countless internal
>repressions?"
>
>Why did you not ask where the U.S was when Saddam was fighting Iran? They
>were busy helping him, supplying him with biological weapons and material
>to
>amass his arsenal of weapons and he was the good guy then. The evidence
>proves that  the acquisition of these same biological weapons  were
>facilitated by the U.S and they were aware of Saddam using them on the
>Iranians and the Kurds. The very same Iranians who Bush named as a part of
>the Axis of evil, and also the same Iranians whose victimization with
>biological weapons and nerve gas he is now using as some of the
>justification
>for attacking Iraq.
>
>It is always a good idea to educate oneself  regarding facts before making
>statements.  This one is too important an issue with far reaching
>ramifications and cannot be decided by regurgitating others people's
>unsubstantiated rhetoric.
>
>Bush has never wanted to work with the U.N to resolve this issue abd it si
>common knowledge that it si only opposition by the Allies of the U.S as
>well
>as presure from people like Colin Powell that forced him to go the the U.N
>to
>seek a new resolution on the Iraqi situation.
>No sooner was that done, and even before the inspectors gave an initial
>report; when Bush started taunting the U.N, questioning their validity as
>an
>effective international body and basically saying that their effort will
>fail.
>Further, he went to the senate and the house and got them to pass a
>resolution granting the mandate to wage war, and all this from a man who
>said
>he will give the U.N inspections a chance.
>
>The position of people like me who oppose a war is that the  one and only
>thing that needs to be established is concrete evidence that Iraq posses
>and
>is still making and hiding weapons of mass destruction, and this evidence
>has
>to be put out for the World to see before our children face the possibility
>of being sent to fight a war.
>Also, that the United Nations inspections have to be given a chance to run
>it's course.
>if the whole exercise is a deterrent rather than an excuse to wage war.
>
>There are millions of people around the World and in this country who share
>the opinion that concrete proof has to be provided to justify this war, and
>there is nothing arbitrary about this point. On the other hand, there is a
>lot of  recycled rehtoric, and none of it can take the place of hard facts.
>
>However, after Bush's state of the Union speech last night, and with the
>amassing of U.S troops in the gulf, along with wverything this
>administration
>has done sine they started beating the war drums, there is no doubt that
>they
>will find a way to attack Iraq and all the blood thirsty folks and their
>cheerleaders will soon have enouhg blood and guts splattered all over the
>Arabian peninsula to satify their lusts.
>
>Some of us in the World think there is always an alternative ot war and
>that
>those without sinister intentions can always pursue that course with far
>better results for the rest of humanity.
>I hope that you are a U.S citizen Ousman, and that if your country should
>call on you,  you will enlist in the armed forces.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
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