SAY NO TO WAR!
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- Jamesh0
Debating and discussing is the best thing we can do. The founding father of the USA were not all lawyers, they were farmers and busisness men and regular people MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
On Feb 15, 30 MILLION people around the globe protested the war. 2 days later France and Germany decided to SAY NO and that created a major shift in the UN votes and opinions and the global opinions on the war started shifting. Even the major networks started shifted their opinions.
Marches matter. Discussion matters.
I am amazed at some of the uneducated statements made by the pro-war on this board. What is the average age here?
Educate yourself. Don't rely on the TV for information.
Here's a little history on what bombing for democracy has done for us in the past:
THE LIST
Bombing people into democracy[To test the theory that a good way to bring democracy to a country is to bomb it to smithereens, Vietnam Veterans Against the War offer this list of countries compiled by William Blum where we used tried percussive education. In no case did a democratic government, respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result]
China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Iraq 1991-99
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia 1999Alot of dead people. For what?