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Originally posted by MagiK:
Moiraine, Nobel laurates are acknowledged for their expertise in a specific filed. Seeking their thoughts about war and the dangers posed by Saddam is akin to asking Barbara Streisand for her opinion on how a war should be fought...or even IF it should be fought.
Like it or not, the only people really qualified to make the decisions are those who have access to the highest levels of intelligence material....aka heads of state and the Military type advisors. Hollywood actors, and nuclear physicists have no more knowledge of the issue than your average man on the street....or at least thats how I see it.
Edit: Just out of curiosity, where were these notables when Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds in norther Iraq? and why didn't they go to Iran as Human shields when The US was helping Iraq in its war against Iran (where chemical and bioagents were used by Iraq)?
And where the Heck were all the hollywood stars when Clinton used cruise missiles to blow up an asprin factory?
Sorry....just some things I was wondering but are really off topic I suppose.
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Magik did you ever stop to think that these people would have asked themselves the same questions. Maybe it is because they think this time they are protesting against someone who might actually listen (something I doubt myself), as opposed to Saddam who would just gas them with the rest of the people. This time around they might actually make a difference, now the war is being perpetrated by a western nation it has much more international power both in opposers of the war and the wargoing countries themselves. You think saddam would give two shits who protested against him? NO. But the media and international pressure makes those supporters of the war listen to their counterparts this time around and people are taking advantage of that fact.