iraq's tortured children .
some witnesses had direct experience of child torture .
by john sweeney .
It also doesn't fit with the picture given by UNICEF, WHO and Amnesty International, whose studies have shown that, far from a humanitarian disaster being prevented, one has been going on for twelve years, caused by UN sanctions.
By the way, you've just quoted two articles to try and support your position that flatly contradict each other.
Expatbrit
this pretty well sums up my feelings....
thank god for the death of the un .
its abject failure gave us only anarchy.
But...but...the French have heroically acted unilaterally outside of Security Council approval. Of course, they concern themselves with much larger threats to the world than a mere psychopathic megalomaniac who feeds people into plastic shredders.
Yes, what was the name of that Greenpeace ship again?......
Expatbrit
if you weren't quite sure how jehovah god expects you to dress, the april 2003 km helps us to see his viewpoint.
"well-arranged dress shows reverence for god" is the article that assists us to know god's feelings on these matters.
i will give you some quotes from the article: "soon we will have the privilege of being jehovah's guests at the 2003 ' give god glory' disctrict convention.
Brothers should avoid styles that reflect the thinking of the world.
Every style reflects the thinking of the world, suits and ties included! Guess there'll be a lot of nudity at the conventions this year!
Expatbrit
since months they are talking about war, and now it is happening.
ever since 9/11, we are flooded with news of war.
are you sick and tired of hearing about war?
p.s. In Toronto, protesting students laid down on the street yesterday en masse and disrupted rush hour traffic.
I wondered why the road was so bumpy on the way home yesterday afternoon!
Expatbrit
since months they are talking about war, and now it is happening.
ever since 9/11, we are flooded with news of war.
are you sick and tired of hearing about war?
I'm tired of the "peace" that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Expatbrit
hey ozzie!
surely we're up now!!
friday 21 march.
Is that the sound of an accelerating tractor in the distance?
Expatbrit
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
Valis:
It was a bloody joke you touchy bastard!!!!
However *clearing throat seriously*, this is a site which says "everyone welcome", and no age group is specified. I don't see what the big deal is about curtailing racy talk for an hour or so when a young person (oooh WT phrase!) goes into chat.
Expatbrit
iraq's tortured children .
some witnesses had direct experience of child torture .
by john sweeney .
Hillary:
I was asking if that was what you were saying, because I didn't want to think that you would subscribe to that illogical argument. It seems you don't.
Yes I've read about the US military's less than stellar record in other parts of the world. Nevertheless, I think that to highlight a bad thing in another part of the world is merely a propaganda method, a distraction from the good thing that the US military is going to accomplish in Iraq. If you wish to talk about Colombia, or Peru, or Africa, fine. You will probably find that I agree with you when you do. But the current discussions/debates are about Iraq, not those other places.
As an aside, even if the troops quit in 1998, are you suggesting that because the US military trained the Kompassus in 1998 and not 2003 that it has no moral implication now?
I would argue that it carries a moral obligation now for the US military. They trained the Kopassus, they have an obligation to get the hell back in there and sort them out. I hope they do. As a parrallel, it has been said that America set up Saddam. In that case, America has an obligation to get rid of him. They are now fulfilling that obligation.
Expatbrit
sorry, call me a b*$ch if you'd like but is this really a place for a 13 year old child to be hanging out?
is the chat room really a place for kids?
i know i wouldn't let my 14 year old near this place.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/48684/1.ashx.
"Everyone welcome - so long as they don't cramp the orgy in the chatroom"....lol
Expatbrit
iraq's tortured children .
some witnesses had direct experience of child torture .
by john sweeney .
Hillary:
So what you're saying is that because children are suffering in one country, nothing should be done about children suffering in another country? Because not all problems can be solved, none should be attempted? This is, I'm afraid, a distraction and a cop-out.
The US is not against terrorism, torture and misinformation.
I simply can't agree with that. It places the US government and political system in the same league as the regimes of Iraq, of North Korea, and of any other brutal regime. Even a cursory look at the circumstances of the average citizen of the US compared with a citizen of Iraq shows that, while the US government can certainly improve, there is simply no comparison as to the use of terrorism, torture and misinformation, either on native citizens or those of other nationalities.
Expatbrit
p.s. your article was from 1998. What's happening now?
