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Thread #53449   Message #824508
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Nov-02 - 04:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
Subject: RE: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
Their "threats" just don't happen to coincide with yours that's all.

International terrorism is indeed a serious threat. Already several thousands of people have been killed by it. Making war on Iraq is a side issue and a distraction, and I believe it will just further the agenda of the people who have been responsible.

And there are famines looming in Africa which are likely to mean millions of dead. It won't be in America, and it won't be in Europe, but I cannot see that as meaning that matters any the less. That's what I meant by saying that should be the top priority.

We don't call November 11th Veterans Day, we call it Remembrance Day - and so far as I am concerned it's a day to remember all the people killed in wars, not just the people in the armed forces. And in modern wars the overwhelming majority of people killed are civilians.