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saying NO to militarism and war

Question:

Go back to humping your sheep or standing in as an Orc double in Lord of the Rings. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Why are we saying NO to militarism and war ? Militarism is: ‘military spirit, pursuit of military ideas; domination by the military in the formulation of policies, ideals, etc especially on a political level; a policy of maintaining a strong military organisation in aggressive preparedness for war.’ Collins English Dictionary (1996, 2nd edition). Militarism is an extraordinarily harmful ideology and is so prevalent it often goes unchallenged. Militarism is the theory, militarisation and war are the practice – the inevitable outcomes of militarism. The costs of militarism and war around the world are totally unacceptable. http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/sayno.htm BURN THE BUSH

Response:

Why are we saying NO to militarism and war ?

Because you have your heads in the sand. Bush should have attacked months ago, while he had the momentum and before the "peace movement" could get organized. Those who think that U.N. inspections can keep Saddam in a box evidently don’t realize the obvious — that the threat of force was the only thing that prompted Saddam to agree to the inspections. The threat of force can’t be maintained indefinitely. As soon as the U.S. forces left, Saddam would go back to his old ways. Let’s make a quick end of Saddam, so that we can confront other threats, like that of North Korea.

Response:

Why are we saying NO to militarism and war ? Militarism is: ‘military spirit, pursuit of military ideas; domination by the military in the formulation of policies, ideals, etc especially on a political level; a policy of maintaining a strong military organisation in aggressive preparedness for war.’ Collins English Dictionary (1996, 2nd edition). Militarism is an extraordinarily harmful ideology and is so prevalent it often goes unchallenged. Militarism is the theory, militarisation and war are the practice – the inevitable outcomes of militarism. The costs of militarism and war around the world are totally unacceptable. http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/sayno.htm BURN THE BUSH

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