every bit of money that goes there gets to saddam and the military while the people suffer, same thing in north korea. the u.n. is as worthless as tits on a bore hog. -----Original Message----- From: Magenta Raine To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 2/18/2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: mag raine's report from the bay area Kat, That's why war is not the answer, because new sons of Saddam and the ilk, bin laden, Sharon, the whole lot of them, it's like the games at Reno Los Vegas, in the circus-circus hotel, they have a carnival and one game is to shoot water at all the targets, but they keep popping up. So, if we shoot Saddam, his son will just take over. I think we need to get humanitarian aid in there, under UN auspices, and the poor, hungry people will no longer be beholden to Saddam for basic needs, and we begin dialoging with them. In my family it's considered a good thing to protest ALL violence, I guess it runs in my genes, considering how my grandfather was almost shot a dawn for passing our socialist flyers in Russia. He talked his guard into escaping with him, and that's what they did, hidden under a load of coal going to the Austrian border... Yes, this war with Iraq will costs many billions of dollars that should be going to programs here. Love, Mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am available to do writing, editing, reporting, designing jobs, including business cards, etc. I am also a disability rights activist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~