>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: PROTESTS AGAINST WAR >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:25:24 EST > >Pasamba, > >It is great you attended the march and people who oppose this war are urging >everyone to attend rallies in their towns ans cities. It is important to >remember that each single individual attending is what amounts to masses of >people. > >You know, there have been massive demonstrations overseas, especially in >Britain, France, Spain and other European locations and it is a shame how the >American media are colluding with the Bush administration in covering up >these anti-war events. >As usual, they always under-report the figures, but like the Vietnam war, the >cat will come out of the bag eventually. >During the height of the anti-Vietnam war rallies when college students >across America were literally at war with the police who tried to break up >these demonstrations, and the government, was under-reporting the number of >U.S casualties, the press was also in collusion with them. However, when all >the families who lost loved ones started comparing the figures of body bags >coming home, this deliberate mis-information was exposed and the public along >with the anti-war movement in this country put an end to that war. >Young people were leaving this country in masses because they did not want to >go fight in Vietnam. The Bush administration thinks this will be a war that >they can fight quickly, take over and get out, but the same was assumed for >Vietnam. > >Eventually, they will probably have to re-institute the draft, and you should >hear what some of the young American have to say about that. If the >generation of the Vietnam war era was leaving the country in droves to avoid >going to war, this administration has an even bigger problem trying to send >the present generation to war, and especially since they want answers and >have not seen any. > >If Bush and his people had to go to the front lines to lead this war, I bet >you they would not be quick to try to go heap murder and mayhem on innocent >people whom sanctions have already brought to destitution. >However, so long as the George Bush's of the World can send the sons and >daughters of other people to die for their agenda which in this case is to >settle a personal score for Bush, as well as greed for oil, and so long as >people are willing to let their sons and daughters go and serve as the >sacrificial lambs, this sort of thing will go on. >Thank God there are still people of conscience and integrity in the World. >The message on that placard you saw is so right, "Silence indeed means >compliance" and if people in the World are not outraged at this injustice of >bombing people to smithereens without any proven reason, then no one will >have a right to protest if this becomes standard practice. > >Everyone has an obligation to protest this war, and you can do it by finding >the contact details of your local peace or anti-war movements and join them >in their efforts. Believe me, every town in America has one. >Did you know that a lot of city councils across the U.S have already passed >an anti-war resolution with regards to the impending war? You will not hear >that in the mainstream media. > >George Bush let his mouth preceed him and he cannot back down for that reason >plus the bigger reason of seizing the Iraqi oil reserves, and attempting to >vindicate his father who waged the first Iraqi war and could not get rid fo >Saddam Hussein. >Why should other people's children have to go die for those reasons? >I say if Bush wants to vindicate his father, and make more money for his >friends, let them form an army and go take on Saddam themselves, and a lot of >parents feel the same way, and this is only the begining. > >The people want to see proof that this war is necessary, and so far, the >administration has not been able to provide it. It amazes me that he is even >able to mobilize such a force to the Iraqi border without this proof. It goes >to show you that most folks never use their brains, and the rest see no >problem with America attacking another country unjustifiably so long as they >can have oil and hopefully alleviate the economic downslide the country is >facing and which they think a war will improve. > >I guess George Bush is also having the fun of his life giving orders to >deploy troops, just like a kid in a candy store, but he has no idea what the >reality will mean to families across this country, and which in turn will >lead to the end of his presidency that was not even supposed to be. > >The only winners in this war will be the oil mongers and the people who >manufacture millitary weapons, and this administration is making sure those >guys make plenty of money from big orders to replace the hardware they will >detonate in their target practice on the Iraqis who these guys see as >insignificant people, less worthy of life than their own and rubble to be >cleared out of the way in their quest for material gain. > >Jabou Joh > >In a message dated 1/18/03 4:57:32 PM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > Sister Jabou, > > > > I was at the march. The attendance was more a 100,000. It was the most > > electrifying gathering i have ever attended. Despite the bitter cold the > > people where very enegized and determined to show Bush and his bunch that > > we oppose any war for oil. The speakers were great, and the placards were > > very eye catching. The banner that got me thinking was " SILENCE MEANS > > COMPLIANCE" > > > > I am very pleased to have attended such a powerful and dynamic gathering. > > > > Pasamba Jow > > > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~