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Lanesra · 02-15-2003, 10:45 PM

I've had a great day today, my football team has beaten their bigest rivals, My countrys rugby team has won,Ive had a good night out, and will no doubt suffer in the morning.
While I've been enjoying all this something much bigger and important has been going on, nearly a million people have been marching in London against the war with iraq, there have been similar marches all around the world, yet the powers to be seem intent on conflict.

I have never been against any conflict my country has been involved in in my lifetime, but I feel in this case that my goverment is totally ignoring the views of millions of its citizens by going to war with Iraq. I personally do not feel threatened by Iraq .

I do however feel threatened by terrorists,and have grown to live with the terror that the IRA have brought to London and the rest of Britain for as long as I remember, I now fear Al queda and the different threat that they bring.

I realise Iraq has some dealings with this organisation, but as far as i know terrorisom has no state, most of the terrorists in the uk arrested so far have been from north Africa, should we attack them too, Bin laden and some of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, are they next on the list, where does it stop! Atacking Iraq will kill thousands of innocent people, create thousand of refugees, and thousands of new terrorists, and to me it all smacks of revenge, I'm all for a war on terrorism but not for terrorising innocents.
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The fact that I've had a good drink tonight has possibly helped me post the above, and I know that it's not as articulate as some who post here, but it comes from the heart, and the feeling will remain tommorow it's the same feeling I've had for the last month or so.

So there you go I've said my bit, I feel better for it , and if this upsets anyone it was not my intention but tough shit.. it's the way I feel.

02-15-2003, 10:45 PM	#1
Lanesra Symbol of Cyric Join Date: March 29, 2001 Location: Twititania, Europe Age: 65 Posts: 1,221	I've had a great day today, my football team has beaten their bigest rivals, My countrys rugby team has won,Ive had a good night out, and will no doubt suffer in the morning. While I've been enjoying all this something much bigger and important has been going on, nearly a million people have been marching in London against the war with iraq, there have been similar marches all around the world, yet the powers to be seem intent on conflict. I have never been against any conflict my country has been involved in in my lifetime, but I feel in this case that my goverment is totally ignoring the views of millions of its citizens by going to war with Iraq. I personally do not feel threatened by Iraq . I do however feel threatened by terrorists,and have grown to live with the terror that the IRA have brought to London and the rest of Britain for as long as I remember, I now fear Al queda and the different threat that they bring. I realise Iraq has some dealings with this organisation, but as far as i know terrorisom has no state, most of the terrorists in the uk arrested so far have been from north Africa, should we attack them too, Bin laden and some of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, are they next on the list, where does it stop! Atacking Iraq will kill thousands of innocent people, create thousand of refugees, and thousands of new terrorists, and to me it all smacks of revenge, I'm all for a war on terrorism but not for terrorising innocents. . The fact that I've had a good drink tonight has possibly helped me post the above, and I know that it's not as articulate as some who post here, but it comes from the heart, and the feeling will remain tommorow it's the same feeling I've had for the last month or so. So there you go I've said my bit, I feel better for it , and if this upsets anyone it was not my intention but tough shit.. it's the way I feel.