Reasons to Bomb Iraq

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Thursday January 09, 2003 17:23

by Dubya - The Great Satan

A musical composition

Sung to the tune of: "If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands"

If we cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets hurt your Mama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are Saudi
And the bank takes back your Audi
And the TV shows are bawdy,
Bomb Iraq.

If the corporate scandals growin', bomb Iraq.
And your ties to them are showin', bomb Iraq.
If the smoking gun ain't smokin'
We don't care, and we're not jokin'.
That Saddam will soon be croakin',
Bomb Iraq.

Even if we have no allies, bomb Iraq.
From the sand dunes to the valleys, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections;
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

While the globe is slowly warming, bomb Iraq.
Yay! the clouds of war are storming, bomb Iraq.
If the ozone hole is growing,
Some things we prefer not knowing.
Though our ignorance is showing!
Bomb Iraq.

So here's one for dear old daddy, bomb Iraq,
From his favourite little laddy, bomb Iraq.
Saying no would look like treason.
It's the Hussein hunting season.
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.

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Comments (4 of 4)

Greatest threat to World Peace in 2003

by Andrew

Thu Jan 09, 2003 17:43

Time magazine are running an online poll on who is the greatest threat to world peace in 2003 at http://www.time.com/time/europe/gdml/peace2003.html

They put down North Korean and Iraq and then I guess for balance added the USA as well. Guess which one 61% of the 12,000 odd voters reckon is the greatest threat to world peace this year. Here is a clue, you won't see this result on the front cover of the next issue.

And you can vote

by Raymond McInerney

Fri Jan 10, 2003 00:11

as often as you like.

Drivers mutiny

by Irony is dead

Fri Jan 10, 2003 10:16

> Anti-war train drivers refuse to move arms freight
>
> Kevin Maguire
> Thursday January 9, 2003
> The Guardian
>
> Train drivers yesterday refused to move a freight train carrying
ammunition
> believed to be destined for British forces being deployed in the Gulf.
> Railway managers cancelled the Ministry of Defence service after the
> crewmen, described as "conscientious objectors" by a supporter, said they
> opposed Tony Blair's threat to attack Iraq.
>
> The anti-war revolt is the first such industrial action by workers for
> decades.
>
> The two Motherwell-based drivers declined to operate the train between the
> Glasgow area and the Glen Douglas base on Scotland's west coast, Europe's
> largest Nato weapons store.
>
> English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS), which transports munitions for
the
> MoD as well as commercial goods, yesterday attempted to persuade the
drivers
> to move the disputed load by tomorrow.
>
> Leaders of the Aslef rail union were pressed at a meeting with EWS
> executives to ask the drivers to relent. But the officials of a union
> opposed to any attack on Iraq are unlikely to comply.
>
> The two drivers are understood to be the only pair at the Motherwell
freight
> depot trained on the route of the West Highland Line.
>
> An EWS spokesman declined to confirm the train had been halted, although
he
> insisted no drivers had refused to take out the trains.
>
> "We don't discuss commercial issues," he said.
>
> "The point about the two drivers is untrue and we don't discuss issues
about
> meetings we have."
>
> Yet his claim was flatly contradicted by a well-placed rail industry
source
> who supplied the Guardian with the train's reference number.
>
> The MoD later said it had been informed by EWS that mechanical problems,
> caused by the cold winter weather, had resulted in the train's
cancellation.
>
> One solution under discussion yesterday between the MoD and EWS was to
> transport the shipment by road to avoid what rail managers hoped would be
an
> isolated confrontation.
>
> Dockers went on strike rather than load British-made arms on to ships
> destined for Chile after the assassination of leftwing leader Salvador
> Allende in 1973.
>
> In 1920 stevedores on London's East India Docks refused to move guns on to
> the Jolly George, a ship chartered to take weapons to anti-Bolsheviks
after
> the Russian revolution.
>
> Trade unions supporting workers who refuse to handle weapons could risk
> legal action and possible fines for contempt of court.
>
> Lindsey German, convener of the Stop the War Coalition, said: "We fully
> support the action that has been taken to impede an unjust and aggressive
> war. We hope that other people around the country will be able to do
> likewise."
>
> The anti-war group is organising a second national demonstration in
central
> London on Saturday February 15. Organisers claimed more than 400,000
people
> attended a protest in September.

vote

by quick

Fri Jan 10, 2003 18:18

It's 49% now, get voting!!

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