That's why I don't really have respect for those who say they know what it's
like to be in battle and protest on that ground.  No one really knows what
it's like unless you've been there. My brother-in-law was in Vietnam and is
as much against war as anyone I've met but he will not speak up against it
out of loyalty to his fellow soldiers and I respect that.

I also agree that we have acted with remarkable restraint towards Iraq and
North Korea but I am afraid if we don't let Bush know of our opposition, he
will have free rein and the checks and balances in our government will not
work in this case.  However I am willing to admit he does seem willing to
wait for the UN to pass a resolution before taking any action.  However even
the UN seems to be dragging its feet and so does the EU.  I only wish
someone would come to any sort of resolution so we can move forward, whether
it be to peace or war.  At least it'd be better than this suspense.  This is
certainly dividing NATO, which is the last thing we need.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
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Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: War with Iraq


> I stand corrrected. I did not know about Baez and Hanoi. As I said before,
I
> do not really approve of the war with Iraq. I thiink Bush is trying to
> disttract us from his failure with bin Laden. Convenntional war is
horrible!
> I have never known a person who survived combat to not have heavy
emotional
> baggage. PTSD if you will.What almost as bad as the you pilots who engage
in
> video wars with real munitions.