Must I remind Mr. Bush that no provision within the basic principals of democracy dictates that overthrowing a government and imposing another through a lethal war, involving random air bombardment, ceaseless ground shelling and troop redeployment is in fact democratic?

What frame of reference is Mr. Bush using to justify his Iraq war buildup? Neither the American Constitution, International Law or even common sense justify such a war that will likely harvest the lives of an untold number of victims.

Even if we subscribe to the idea that the first Gulf War had its legal and moral justifications, how can we approve of the sanctions that have turned the Iraqi capital, Baghdad into a city of mass funerals? And if we are willing to turn a blind eye to past catastrophes, how can we now, as rational human beings accept that the best way to “contain Iraq”, or halt the presumed danger of the Iraqi President is by, once again choosing the same path we walked on for ten years, which resulted in nothing but death and despair, of radicalizing not only an entire generation of Iraqis and Arabs, but an entire generation worldwide, even here in the United States?

It’s rather perplexing that we still hear the question
“why do they hate us so much?” asked time and again throughout the media and even on the street. Aren’t Iraqi children precious too? Shouldn’t their unnecessary deaths evoke anger, dare I say, even hatred of the policies that crippled an entire nation and deprived its children of the right to live in dignity... even to simply live?

But at least, according to my dear teacher Marsha, to validate an invalid argument, one must examine its false premise, or premises.