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Show 4 -- CAMPUS BEAT DIXIE SUN WAR continued from FRONT Saddam Hussein and inspections: Theres a lot of evidence, pointed out by the Secretary of State Collin Powell, that the Iraqi president has been lying to the United Nations for many years and will continue to lie about his arsenal of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons The United who Nations inspectors searched for months could not find anything that will support the United States claims of suspension of hidden weapons of mass destruction Edward Snow, a veteran during the Persian Gulf War, believes that the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein "If cannot be trusted Saddam decided to hide his weapons of mass destruction, he is not going to let the Umted Nations know where theyre at," he said "He is going to move them around at night time, so the inspector is not going to find it durmg the day " also explained that Saddam has hidden tons of nerve agents called "DX agents" that have not been accounted for He said that theres no document showing a physical proof that they have been destroyed "Thats why President Bush is pushing his agenda to disarm the Iraqi president," said Snow, "because there's a big loophole m his mass destruction that has not been accounted for, and the United Nations mspectors are not really concerned about it Theyre just going around inspectmg and haphazardly hitting sites and checking areas, and they have no idea where theyve hidden the stuff and they will never fmd it " Snow "Just like we support President Bush as the commander m chief of the Umted States of America, we also have promises to the Umted Nations," explained Stan Plewe, DSC vice president of student services, and one who served during the Vietnam War era "But as we work with these countries, Im sure President Bush gets pretty frustrated. It is very difficult to work with the Umted Nations because they have other ideas, and their agenda is different " war morally and ethically right? Is Some people around the world are seeking a peaceful settlement with the Iraqi conflicts The question Ungers m hearts many peoples whether the motives to go to war with Iraq are morally Snow and ethically right believes that war is morally and ethically right if one stubborn threatens country another stubborn country, invades illegally, and tries to segregate another country by its taking territory "Perhaps, he says, "war is okay if one country attacks another country, like Japans attack on Peal Harbor When the Germans were killing of Jews m the concentration camps, when we found out about that we should have declared war on Germany right away and gone to stop it In instances like that, its okay to go to war," Snow said me to go and even die for the cause of stopping terrorism, then Im willing to do that for my country, my family, my friends, and for freedom," said Gifford "By all means, this is democ- racy," said Edward Snow "President Bush does not go by an iron hand He is not a If believer m dictatorship most of the American people feel its wrong to go fight Iraq, then he should listen and he should withdraw However, the American people need to understand that there will be no peace without embracing the war against terrorism, because the terrorists are after American citizens " Differences between then and now: rml-Uo- n Protests in Germany, France, New York, and Britain have shown that the world is not willing to accept this war with Iraq with open hands, possi WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY bly because this is a preemptive strike against another nation, and possibly because no one wants to have a war that might easily turn mto another Vietnam "The 1990 war m August is different from this war," said retired Colonel Joseph Bebel of the U S Air Force, and currently teaching at DSC Col Bebel is referring to the Persian Gulf conflict that happened twelve years ago "Saddam Hussein had a mandate against the world, and we had to put Saddam in a box, and we did But this time were talking about a preemptive strike, and the world is showing that its a hard thing to accept But eventually we have to accept it Saddam Hussein must release his weapons of mass destruction ' 1 9, 2003 no evidence showing that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction? 'In Colin Powells address to the U N Security Council, we just got a snapshot about the intelligence he is alluding to, but we have to protect our intelligence," Bebel said have to believe that there is a lot more evidence there, and " we have to have faith m our leadership We have to pro tect those that provide evi dence There is a link between Saddam Hussein and terrorists How firm a link, I dont know, but I believe a link is there The common bond between terrorists and Saddam Hussein is that the would like to see the United States annihilated Saddam has his own reasons, because we beat him 12 years ago " And what about those that say that there really is little or "Weve already committed our forces there, and so the decision has already been made," explained Stan Plewe "There is no reason for us to debate whether it is right or wrong We need to trust our leaders, whom I bebeve are not domg this for their own pohtical gams but because of the strong commitment that it is the right thing to do And thats to protect the future Uves of the American people and keep them safe from crazy people that want to take away our freedom from us" and Democracy: Joshua Gifford, a DSC student and a member of the Utah National Guard unit based in St George, shares that standpoint about freedom. "Freedom is not something that you just have or want because other people can take our freedom away," Gifford explained "Part of being free is fighting for that freedom. The September 11 terrorists attack on the World Trade Center means they want to take our freedom away from us." War The September 11 terrorist attacks on the WTC happened while Gifford was serving a mission at Zimbabwe, Africa. He said he took that attack personally. "If it takes I Retired Colonel Joseph Bebel, now a Dixie State College professor of international relations |