[Peace-discuss] Pro-war argument

[C. G. Estabrook]

[The following letter appeared in tonight's New-Gazette.  It
shouldn't be simply dismissed.  It represents the thoughtful
defense of USG foreign policy as the majority in opposition to
the war grows.  As we heard at the town meeting, there is a
set of arguments -- drawing on an interpretation of US foreign
policy from the Cold War thru Vietnam -- that support the war
over against what's seen to be an uninformed critique of it.  
   To refute an argument, you have to understand it slightly
better that those who hold it.  And by understanding it, I do
*not* mean, have a theory about the psychology of those who
hold it.  The truth of an argument does not depend on the
motives for holding it.
   This should be answered, point by point (in spite of the
truly stupid assumption that there are two viewpoints
represented by the administration and the Democrats).  As
Ricky keeps reminding us -- write a letter.  --CGE]

 
  Dems are not tough enough on terror
  Thursday April 20, 2006

Democrats are incompetent to run our country when we are at
war with international terrorism.

They hold on to the outrageous lies that Saddam didn't have
any weapons of mass destruction, that Saddam could have been
contained by the United Nations, that Saddam wasn't trying to
build a nuclear weapons program and that Saddam didn't have
any connections to international terrorism.

I would like to see the Democrats tell the Kurds in northern
Iraq and the Shiites of southern Iraq that Saddam didn't have
any WMDs, when their memories of mass graves are still very
vivid to them.

Let the Democrats discount the vast quantity of evidence
pointing directly to WMDs and their subsequent removal just
before we attacked Saddam (even his top general wrote about
this movement).

We have many years of intelligence gathered by both Democratic
and Republican administrations (as well as foreign
intelligence agencies) uncovering talks and agreements between
Saddam and Osama bin Laden. Let's not forget the "oil for
food" bribery program Saddam used to immobilize some of the
members of the U.N. Security Council.

The Democrats have Joe Wilson, who went to Africa with the
help of his Democrat, CIA wife. Wilson concluded what he and
his wife believed before he left on the trip – that Saddam
didn't try to buy any ingredients for a nuclear bomb. Other
intelligence agencies reached different conclusions.

These Democrats don't have the guts to fight a war on terror.
They are so filled with hatred for President Bush that they
are willing to put our security in jeopardy.

If the anti-war and impeachment referendums pass in Urbana, I
will support an effort to change the name of our town to
Bozoville because one would have to be a bozo to support a
referendum based on lies.

DAVID WALLACE

Urbana
Find this article at:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2006/04/20/dems_are_not_tough__enough_on_terror
Comments

The News-Gazette.com, The East Central Illinios Online source
for news and advertising

Contents of this site are © Copyright 2006 The News-Gazette,
Inc. All rights reserved.