Give peace a chance – Point of no return
At the same time I’m writing this, probably a thousand other people are also filling their Blogs with the same words: Give peace a chance. Although I did not attend any of the so many peace protests that went on yesterday (see: CNN.com – Cities jammed in worldwide protest of war in Iraq – Feb. 15, 2003 and CNN.com – European protesters fill cities – Feb. 15, 2003), I do support the effort to keep peace.
Even my girlfriend in the US did attend the peace rally that went on in here city (Tallahassee Democrat | 02/16/2003 | Hundreds rally against war) and I bet she never ever did something like that before.
One of the reasons I did not attend the peace rally that took place here in Amsterdam, is the fact that I do not believe they make a difference: only voting does. What I mean is that they should have some referenda about these subjects. Just let people vote directly.
I mean: let’s stay realistic here: Bush already invested a couple of billion to get soldiers and equipment over there in the desert; he has reached the point of no return already: backing out now will mean he will loose face and I think that nothing else frightens Bush more than that.
And while we are on this subject: it is so blatantly obvious that Bush is measuring with two measures. Go figure: how else can it be that he is going to attack Iraq but not taking action against North Korea? According to the CIA they already have nuclear capabilities (CNN.com – Tenet: North Korea has ballistic missile capable of hitting U.S. – Feb. 12, 2003). Iraq on the other hand has not: at least not proven yet. They don’t have even have a nuclear plant (like North Korea does). They might (emphasis on might) have some materials to maybe construct one. But they certainly do not have it yet.
What’s the difference one might ask? Well I can only think up one word: oil.