What the World Needs

People need to see alternatives to war. Unfortunately if you bring alternatives to the public you are a traitor because Sadam is evil and has weapons of mass destruction. If you suggest peace, you are a traitor because Sadam is evil and has weapons of mass destruction. If you suggest waiting for the UN inspectors to inspect, you are a traitor because Sadam is evil and has weapons of mass destruction. If you suggest disarmament instead of regime change, you are a traitor because Sadam is evil and has weapons of mass destruction.

Bush wants regime change and he is going to war to attempt to get it. Unfortunately everyone else in the world is satisfied with disarmament. France holds a veto, and is prepared to use it. The USA will ask for a vote to go to war with Iraq. France will veto. The USA will ask for a vote to over turn it. France will veto. The USA will go to war on it's own, or with Britain. Iraq will go to the UN and say, "We are a member country. An aggressor is invading us illegally. Please help us." Because the USA is in an illegal war of aggression Iraq will get the 2/3 of the votes they need. If you think I'm making this up, it's been done before. When the French invaded the Suez Canal in the 50's the USA used their veto to say no. France tried to overturn the veto. The USA vetoed. Then the general assembly was approached and Egypt got their 2/3 and France was forced to withdraw.

Ritter suggested 6 alternatives to war. Unfortunately I wasn't taking notes, so I will have to find his points somewhere else.

War Crimes

Anyway, although I believe that sometimes war is the answer, the more I think about this situation, the more I am against the war in Iraq. We executed a lot of Germans for starting a war of aggression. The USA wants a war with Iraq. If the UN doesn't go along with it, or at least condone it, war with Iraq becomes a war of aggression, illegal under international law, and George W. Bush becomes a war criminal.