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AMERICA'S HYPOCRISY
Those breaking international law are
the governments of
America and Britain by sending troops to invade Iraq with
their own Weapons of Mass Destruction.
courtesy of (http://www.mirror.co.uk/mailbox) - March 25, 2003.
| THE arrogance
and hypocrisy of America and Britain is staggering.
The parading of US prisoners by the Iraqis is condemned as degrading, and indeed it is. But it is no more or less so than the treatment by the US of prisoners at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The allies express outrage at the awful footage of dead US soldiers being shown on Iraqi TV, but our government welcomes the shocking and awesome images of bombing raids in Iraq. At least Iraq is being honest about the savagery of war. And this is a war they didn't start - they are defending their country. The fact is, while war can sometimes be justified, it is always dirty and disgusting, whatever the motives of those who instigate it. And the motives for this war are dubious to say the least. Richard Newson, Twickenham, Middx |
| THANK goodness
the Mirror is continuing to take a principled stand against the war
being waged in Iraq with our tax money. In fact we shouldn't call it a
war - it's more like a mega smash-and-grab raid.
It is an event of total barbarism committed by the administration of a nation that pretends to be civilised, supported by a Prime Minister who claims to have respect for the law. Lives are lost, cities ruined, people maimed and traumatised. It's totally immoral. Juliet Solomon, address supplied |
| I AM appalled
at the way George Bush dictates what happens in other countries.
Iraqi PoWs have been shown on TV, but now that American service men and women have been captured, the US has accused Iraq of flouting the Geneva Convention. And what of these Weapons of Mass Destruction? None have been discovered, yet B52s bomb Baghdad night after night causing massive amounts of carnage. If this isn't American hypocrisy I don't know what is. Neil Britton, address supplied |
| IT IS an
outrage that war can be conducted in this brutal and primitive manner
and yet the government has the audacity to cite the Geneva Convention.
What about invading Iraq without authorisation from the UN?
Where does this leave the US and UK forces? I want to withhold my taxes so that they cannot be used to finance this bloody war. Angelika Stapf, W London |
| WHAT are we
hearing? Could it be the pot calling the kettle black? Rumsfeld is up in
arms about captured American troops being paraded on television. Yet
it's OK for us to watch Iraqi PoWs. Those
breaking international law are the governments of America and Britain by
sending troops to invade Iraq with their own Weapons of Mass
Destruction.
J Mitchell, London |
| YOUR poignant
picture (Daily Mirror, March 24) said it all. Iraqi soldiers lying
dead with the white flag of surrender in their hands. They were not
protected by the Geneva Convention. The US thinks no more of the Geneva
Convention, established in 1928, as they do of the United Nations.
Keep up the brilliant work Mirror.
George Downey, Liverpool |
| FRIENDLY fire
is yet another American euphemism for the killing of innocents. After
learning of two airmen shot down by an American Patriot missile and the
death of TV reporter Terry Lloyd, I feel sickened. Our
servicemen and women have more to fear from the Americans than the
Iraqis.
Les Gillan, Ashton-under-Lyne, Gtr. Manchester |
| I WONDER if
the British and US governments would be brave enough to send troops to
help liberate Palestine from the Israeli occupation.
The benefits to the world would be that Bush would lose the Jewish vote
and fail to obtain a second term.
Alan Clifford, London |
