- Bush's Race To War Puts World At Risk
- Voice of the Mirror
12-19-02
- THE day has been marked in President Bush's diary. January
27, 2003. The date when he will decide on war against Iraq.
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- But no one really believes that a big decision will be
taken in the White House on that day. The die was cast long ago.
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- Mr Bush and the warmongers in his cabinet want a war
against Saddam Hussein. They say they must stop him because he has weapons
of mass destruction.
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- But only one leader has weapons of mass destruction and
plans to use them. His name is George W Bush and it is he who must be stopped.
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- What he plans to do against Iraq will not save lives
or make peace. It will destabilise the world and threaten thousands, possibly
millions.
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- President Bush is determined to go to war to demonstrate
to the United States' rednecks that he is committed to the war on terrorism
launched after 9/11.
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- Yesterday the Americans declared that Iraq is in "material
breach" - the key words - of United Nations resolutions.
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- Not even the British government went that far. Though
Jack Straw came close to it and will doubtless take the short step to stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with Mr Bush.
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- But they must be stopped. Before this mad, dangerous
war is begun. The cost in human life could be enormous. It would far outweigh
the current threat from Saddam.
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- It is true that weapons of mass destruction should not
be allowed in the wrong hands.
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- But they are. They are in President Bush's. That is the
greatest threat facing the world.
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- Spike the guns
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- BEFORE Labour came to power in 1997, it promised to crack
down on arms dealers.
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- Instead it has allowed the trade in death to spin out
of control.
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- Although there are restrictions on arms exports from
this country, nothing is done to prevent UK dealers plying their murderous
trade abroad.
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- The Daily Mirror is partnering Oxfam in a campaign to
highlight the abuses and persuade the government to close the loopholes.
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- Thousands of people are dying because of armed conflicts.
It shames this country that we play a part in providing the killing machines.
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- They're a credit
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- DAVID and Victoria Beckham can be accused of many things.
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- But it is ridiculous to blame them for the massive increase
in consumer spending. Credit is cheap, access to it is easy and people
want nice things. So they buy them.
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- That isn't the Beckhams' fault. And the report that blames
them is talking nonsense.
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- http://www.mirror.co.uk/voiceofthemirror/
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