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NO WEAPONS FOUND
Posted: 09 July 2004
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You found no weapons
of mass destruction,
yet you still went to war
you killed the innocent people
with not a care at all.
You found the graves
of mass destruction
Saddam had butchered
them all.
Was that enough to go to war?
Can your conscience conquer all?
Do you have a conscience
Bush and Blair?
Or like Saddam
be the slayer.
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 Fearless at 19:08 on 10 July 2004
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Very potent. Do two wrongs make a right? How does 'we may never find the WMD' get to be used in place of 'we weren't sure if there were any WMDs in the first place'?
Is it ever about evidence, courage, conscience, or rather, about (pseudo-religious) convictions and the need to harness the means of production, nay destruction.
Religious disclaimer: whatever brand of God you have, please read the worshipping instructions carefully.
Fearless
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Bobo at 09:35 on 11 July 2004
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Alice - good piece. The good ol' US of A - what a sterling example of humanity, eh???!
Great disclaimer Fearless - like it fella!
BoBo x
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 Nell at 12:01 on 11 July 2004
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Hi Alice, 'the graves of mass-destruction' - a potent image. Which is more important, the reasons for action or the results? Is it wrong to do nothing when action may bring more death and destruction? Will things improve, can the human race evolve in the right direction? Who'd want Blair's/Bush's job? Are there any answers? Thought-provoking poem, write on.
Nell.
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LONGJON at 22:17 on 12 July 2004
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Hello Alice,
How right you are, about the graves of mass destruction. The issue of self determination of a country and its people takes an entirely different tack in the context of Saddam Hussein (for which read Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, the endless succession of South American / Korean / South East Asian dictators.....
What would I do in the position of Tony Blair? I really don't know.Probably the same as he did.
John P.
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roovacrag at 13:20 on 13 July 2004
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Longjon, Thanks.I agree with what you say. Glad it wasn't my choice to make.
xx Alice
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