“virtual march”<\/a>. Here’s the statement I submitted:<\/p>\nI originally approached the subject of the threat of Iraq and its leader with an attitude of “the Bush administration has more information than me, and should know best.” But before beginning war and escalating the situation to its current state, the administration had a responsibility to PROVE its case with overwhelming evidence, e.g. providing concrete evidence of the existance of WMD’s, first. The arrogance of the administration, both in not disclosing more information (if it exists), and in its acts of aggression, is intolerable. You have sent the country into WAR, it should be justified, even if that means disclosing information you would rather keep secret. *You*, the administration, represent *us*, the American people. Now we have no choice left but to question your motivation. Hopefully it is not too late for some rectification, but it will be a matter of getting the genie back in the bottle, this late in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News sources you can actually get to: — BBC RealOne video feed — Effnet IRC channel #cnn-live Some info from other than typical news sites… (from slashdot…) — Debka (Middle East News) [debka.com] — Official Iraqi News [uruklink.net] — Where is Read? – Iraqi Blog [blogspot.com] — Kuwait Blog [qhate.com] — Back to Iraq Blog … Continue reading War. 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