[Vision2020] CNN Breaking News

Joan Opyr auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:37:56 -0800


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Tom asks:
"Which is more acceptable to you, Ms. Huskey?  Pitying those women and ch=
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that were forced into harm's way and died as a result?  Or packing up the=
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belongings of three or four more dead soldiers to be sent to their widows=
?"

Why should one of these situations have to be more acceptable than the ot=
her?  Are both not equally tragic?  I don't want to have to pity dead Ira=
qi women and children *OR* pack up the belongings of dead soldiers.  This=
, as Sunil has already said, was a war of choice, not chance.  It's beyon=
d argument to declare that Saddam Hussein is responsible for putting his =
people in harm's way; of course he is.  He's responsible for brutalizing =
them and terrorizing them.  What we're responsible for is choosing to res=
pond militarily.  We're like the cops in a hostage situation who have mad=
e the decision to end negotiations and go in guns drawn.  When the hostag=
es wind up dead, sure, it's ultimately Saddam's fault, but that's no comf=
ort to the relatives of the slain or the poor cop with his finger on the =
trigger.

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Tom asks:</DIV=
> <DIV>"Which is more acceptable to you, Ms. Huskey?&nbsp; Pitying those =
women and children <BR>that were forced into harm's way and died as a res=
ult?&nbsp; Or packing up the <BR>belongings of three or four more dead so=
ldiers to be sent to their widows?"</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Why shou=
ld one of these situations have to be more acceptable than the other?&nbs=
p; Are both not equally tragic?&nbsp; I don't want to have to pity dead I=
raqi women and children *OR* pack up the belongings of dead soldiers.&nbs=
p; This, as Sunil&nbsp;has already said, was a&nbsp;war of choice, not ch=
ance.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's beyond argument to declare that Saddam Hussein is r=
esponsible for putting his people in harm's way; of course he is.&nbsp; H=
e's&nbsp;responsible for brutalizing them and&nbsp;terrorizing them.&nbsp=
; What we're responsible for is&nbsp;choosing to respond militarily.&nbsp=
; We're like the cops in a hostage situation who have made the decision t=
o end negotiations and go in guns drawn.&nbsp; When the hostages wind up =
dead, sure, it's ultimately Saddam's fault, but that's no comfort to the =
relatives of the slain or the poor&nbsp;cop with his finger on the trigge=
r.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Joan Opyr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
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