That's the very thing that kind of stops me from doing the whole peace thing without reservation.  I don't support Bush in his drive to wage war on Iraq without total and solid evidence of missiles, and I'm letting him know that via the local UU Fellowship's group that is activating against war in Iraq.   I also think this preoccupation with Iraq is drawing attention away from other issues such as North and South Korea and Saudi Arabia.  We need to pay attention to them as well.

History proved Chamberlain wrong, of course; however I don't see Saddam as another Hitler, bent on world domination. He's trying to hang on to what he's got, and he's desperate, which makes him even more dangerous as an opponent.

Kat

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From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 02/18/03 09:10 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: mag raine's report from the bay area

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The following is the wording of the printed statement that Neville
Chamberlain waved as he stepped off the plane on 30 September, 1938 after
the Munich Conference had ended the day
before:
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"We, the German Fuehrer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister,
have
had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the
question
of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for our two countries
and for Europe.
We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval
Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war
with one another again.
We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method
adopted
to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and
we
are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of
difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of
Europe."
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Chamberlain read the above statement in front of 10 Downing St. and said:
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime
Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe
it
is peace for our time...
Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."

The folks who were involved in the peace demonstrations should give the
above historical apostrophe' a good, long think.