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  • From: "Vic & Pat Jackowsky" <3littlepigsmkt AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] OT: War issues comparison
  • Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 21:37:32 -0600

Jill, I just finished reading all the articles and I must say it sounds as
though we American's are hated by the British as much as any terrorist
group. lol

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] OT: War issues comparison


>
>
> Pat,
> I'm pleased to meet you - an address didn't come through, and I would
> like to see it.
> I will tell you that there are many veterans out on the streets these
> days rallying against this war long and hard, as well as a few rallying
for
> loyalty to the Bush administration. In fact, it is the experiences of
some
> during war, contrasted with what their government told them, that have
> encouraged them to question their government.
>
> There is a very interesting article in The Guardian, which includes
> interviews with 8 UK Gulf War veterans - and there is a wide variety of
> views and experiences there that you might enjoy reading. The willingness
> of several of them to go again so as to spare younger soldiers the pain
and
> wasted lives that have resulted for them is beautifully but
heartbreakingly
> sad. It was also interesting to read of how many are suffering from Gulf
> War syndrome - 20 %, which the government of the UK is not dealing with
> either, and it is heartbreaking to read of the many suicides among the
> veterans.
> I stood next to a Gulf War veteran this past Saturday in our local
peace
> rally. She is a surgical nurse, and told me much about her experiences
> there. I told her what I had recently learned about Gulf War Veterans
> telling how they had been ordered to set the oil wells on fire - and yet
we
> are told that it was Saddam Hussein. An acquaintance wrote just tonight,
> and told me how her husband, who is a Navy corpsman, told her the same
thing
> about the wells when he came home after the Gulf War. We are told many
> things by our government so as to bend our will toward war - so we must
> search long and hard, and compare, and contrast, and think.
> I will be look forward to seeing the site you recommend.
> Jill
>
> **************
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,906848,00.html
> The men who know
>
> Amid the debate over whether we should attack Iraq, there is one group
whose
> voice is seldom heard - the veterans of the last war. Sally Weale asked
eigh
> t British soldiers who were there the first time around how they feel
about
> a second war in the Gulf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vic & Pat Jackowsky" <3littlepigsmkt AT bellsouth.net>
> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] OT: War issues comparison
>
>
> > >Rick W. wrote:
> > Even though I keep hearing how a majority of Americans support the
> > > President, why is that you never actually meet anyone who does? I
> > certainly
> > > have not and I meet a LOT of people.
> >
> > Hi Rick,
> > I'm Pat, nice to meet you. Although I am not the majority, I certainly
> > support the President. Perhaps my support comes from the 25 years my
> > husband spent in the Military and learning the threat other countries
are
> to
> > our freedom and very lives. Please take a look at the address below. I
> > believe it speaks what a lot of Americans feel, especially those who
have
> > served their country and trust and support their leaders.
> >
> >
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