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Show r~ Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Letters: Students are smart Western Wats U continued from page 10 use and operation of fire extinguishers, I also train others to use them as part my job working with a fire extinguisher company. So, as a studentit who who reels feels insuitea insulted handle an extinguisher, I feel you can and should not only know how, but actually have had practical experience using one. by the university, I will offer extinguisher use training to any student who wants it, and will even let you use one as part of that training. Even if the university feels you can't me university leeis you can i Brian Packer orum rai EU: America may become similar Di continued from page 10 the EU government. It would also create a President of the European Council. The European Union and its institutions are slowly gaining power, at the expense of its member nations and their citizens. Classic examples of the EU power grab are the prosecution of a British grocer for selling bananas by the pound and unannounced raids on the London Coca Cola offices. Most members of the EU have also lost control over their financial resources with and stop the creation of a North American Union. We must act soon, before we are trapped in a new North Americah Soviet. the creation of a central European bank and the Euro. Mikhail Gorbachev, the former dictator of the Soviet Union and a devoted communist, summed up the peril facing Europe when ne described the EU as "the new European Soviet." Mr. Gorbachev made this statement in 2000. Clearly, there are many parallels between what has happened in Europe and what is occurring in North America. Fortunately, there is still time to become informed Colby Lyons is a senior majoring in law and constitutional studies. Western Wats has increased wages, and we are still willing to work around your schedule. We still offer weekly pay, a fun work environment, and we'll give you time off for school events, tests, and holidays. Call Cody 753-1303 or apply online at surveynetwork.com/application. DON'T LEAVE TOWN THIS SUMMER! USU FACILITIES JOB FAIR APRIL 2-4,2008 SPRING/SUMMER/FALL ON-CAMPUSJOBS for Landscape Crew & Custodial Crew Iraq: War leaves scars and problems Monday-Friday 20-40 hours a week starting at $8.00 per hour. [J continued from page 10 had discontinued all weapons programs in 1994. Another false pretense was the insinuation that Hussein bore responsibility, in part at least, for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This was always known to be specious. On its face, the claim was highly improbable. Mutual distrust and animosity precluded Hussein and Osama bin Laden from forging a relationship. In 2004, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission failed to uncover a "collaborative relationship" between the Iraq government and al-Qaida. Any lingering suspicions were put to rest last week. An exhaustive Pentagon-sponsored study of 600,000 captured Iraqi documents confirmed, again, that there were no operational links. The Bush administration's final selling point for the war was that it'd be a cakewalk. . | ,don'k have to tell you, how wrong they were. But I will. Vice President Dick Cheney said we'd be "greeted as liberators." Instead, we were greeted with rocketpropelled grenades. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld doubted the war would last more than six weeks. We're now in its sixth year with no end in sight. And Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld's deputy and a principal architect of the war, put Iraq's reconstruction cost at a mere $1.7 billion. The truth: Iraq's reconstruction has been more expensive than Europe's after World War II. In fact, the total costs of the war could top $3 trillion, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. That politicians' lie should surprise no one. But the Bush administration's lies led us into a ruinous war, one in which we have lost lives, resources and prestige. The human cost of the war is staggering. About 4,000 American soldiers have died. An estimated 30,000 have been wounded. And the horrors of war aren't left on the battlefield. Twenty percent of veterans return home with posttraumatic stress disorder. Let's not neglect the Iraqi casualties. The Iraqi death toll is estimated to be 200,000 or above—a number rivaling the death toll under 25 years of Hussein's despotic rule. Also, the violence and dire humanitarian situation in Iraq has forced millions to flee the country since the invasion. Military experts believe the U.S. military is weaker today than it was five years ago. The occupation has stretched the military thin and diverted forces from their critical mission in Afghanistan. And America's standing in the world, even among allies, has been tarnished. In circumventing the UN Security Council, a serious breach of law, this administration made the U.S. an international pariah. We had the world behind us after 9/11, but that goodwill was squandered with an unnecessary war. In short, this war has been no cakewalk. And its repercussions will likely withdraw forces within 16 months of his term. Hillary Clinton's goal is to have most troops out by the end of 2013. And if John McCain is president ... well, suffice it to say that we'll still be in Iraq come the war's 100th anniversary. haunt us for decades. Unfortunately, we can't turn back the clocks and prevent the war. Many of you, I'm sure, find my criticisms of the Bush administration and the war tiresome. That's old news—you want my plan to end the war. Sorry, but I don't have the solution. I doubt anyone does. That's one of the greatest tragedies of this war: There isn't a good exit strategy. The "winning" strategy is simply the one that mitigates how badly we lose. The question, "What do we do now?" will have to be answered at the ballot box this November, after a rigorous public debate. Barack Obama plans to THE jon Adams is a junior majoring in political science. Comments and questions can be sent to him at jonadams@ cc.usu. edu. Follow application process at: http://www.usu.edu/studemp/ oncampus jobs Job #C421 -08 Landscape Crew/Spring, Summer, Fall Job #C422-08 Custodial Crew/Spring, Summer, Fall Applicants must prove eligibility to work in the US and provide direct deposit information as hiring will take place at the Job Fair. See instructions on job postings. 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