A few illogical arguments for the elimination of Saddam Hussein

After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad.

I can appreciate his obsessive need to prove his masculinity and defend his family name. But should Americans kill and die for that?

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Thousands, perhaps millions, of Americans are saying “yes” to peace and “no” to a war on Iraq–via telephone calls, e-mail, the U.S. Postal Service, and their feet. Here in Asheville letters to the editor in the Asheville Citizen-Times overwhelmingly oppose a preemptive strike against Iraq, and over one hundred fifty citizens from all walks of life gathered at Pack Square last Sunday, in solidarity with thousands of other demonstrators throughout the U.S., to declare “Not in my name.”

Yet the relentless march to war by the Bush administration and his followers proceeds. Congress has folded like a cheap suit, giving the president the authority to bully another second-rate power into submission. Yeah, we’re number one . . . as long as we pick on nations we can easily defeat. (more…)

Saturday, October 12th, 2002