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Points from the Right-Thinking blog



Support for the war outside the US is very low according to an international Gallup poll shown below:


More information about public opinion regarding the Iraq war is available at the link below:
http://www.eriposte.com/war_peace/iraq/iraq_war_worldwide_support.htm

There is opposition to the war inside the US
http://www.moveon.org/technicaldifficulties/

The Pope has pleaded for the US to stop
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2605367.stm

National Council of Churches of Australia and America have expressed clear opposition to the invasion of Iraq
http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm/aasi/aasi0820.htm

US support of Saddam in the 80s is widely known but does not seem to be an issue
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/09/30/sproject.irq.regime.change/

The US role in Afghanistan also received very little attention in the US media. Zbigniew Brzezinski (Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser) has acknowledged the US funded Muslim mujahideen (including Osama bin Laden) when the Afghans fought against the Soviet Union.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-0109170206sep17,0,1712926.story?coll=chi-newsspecials-hed

The evidence that Osama bin Laden was in Afghanistan while the CIA was funding the muhjahideen is overwhelming:
http://www.worldpress.org/1101binladen_cia.htm
http://www.wagingpeace.org/pdfs/AfghanistanFactSheet2.pdf
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/190144.asp
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/lacost.htm
http://www.fair.org/extra/0201/afghanistan-80s.htm
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/side/1073949

Public opinion is probably the most important weapon in this war
http://www.americans-world.org/digest/regional_issues/Conflict_Iraq/linkstoTerr.cfm

It's clear that the US supported Hussein while he was killing Iranians, but that was before Halabja in 1988
http://www.krg.org/reference/halabja/index.asp

There is evidence that US aid to Hussein continued even after thousands of civilian Kurds were killed at Halabja
http://americanpolitics.com/20010220Iraqgate.html
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1991/02/02-08-91tdc/02-08-91dops-column-01.asp

The Iraq expert for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time of Halabja acknowledges that the Kurds were brutalized by Hussein while he received support from the US
http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/2002/1215/coverstory.htm

The history of the US role in Iraq is very important in understanding the current war
http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/primer4.htm

Iraqgate did make it into the press though it was largely ignored
http://www.cjr.org/year/93/2/iraqgate.asp

Iraqgate was presented to the House of Reps by chairman of the House Banking Committee Henry Gonzales
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1992/h920302g.htm

But like an unfortunated case of PTSD it somehow slipped from the consciousness of a nation.

The rescue of Private Lynch has also been discussed at right-thinking.com
http://www.right-thinking.com/comments.php?id=P1438_0_1_0_C

A BBC story on reports that the rescue of Private Lynch included allegations that the US media and military had staged and manipulated the rescue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/3028585.stm

Public comments on the article are also fascinating
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/read_your_comments/3034009.stm

The BBC has defended its journalistic integrity with regard to the Lynch rescue
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/19/cnna.kampener.lynch/index.html

It's important to note that in the above report Leon Harris of CNN responds to the claim that Iraqi doctors treating Lynch took her by ambulance to a US military post who opened fire on the ambulance:
Our own reporters have reported that story. John Vause, our reporter who was over there embedded for a while there with the troops, filed a report on that incident with the ambulance. And we've also seen that report elsewhere, as well.

There are many reports of American soldiers firing on non-military vehicles in Iraq
http://u.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E27050%257E1286990,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,935307,00.html
http://www.cnni.co.uk/2003/WORLD/meast/04/03/sprj.irq.marine.checkpoint/

Friendly fire incidents have cost precious lives
http://loper.org/~george/archives/2003/Apr/970.html

Iraqi soldiers have also ignored the Geneva convention and used ambulances to stage attacks
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/middleeast/view/36254/1/.html

The Federation of American Scientists has commented on the use of military aid as a diplomatic tool in gathering the "coalition of the willing"
http://fas.org/gulfwar2/at/index.html

Violation of UN resolutions if often used by the US to justify the invasion of Iraq while the UN's charter Article 39 Chapter 7 clearly states:
The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/chapter7.htm

The father of Jessica Lynch has denied that she was shot or stabbed
http://www.pittsburghfirst.com/nation/20030404tipsternp2.asp

His comments contrast with initial reports that Lynch suffered multiple gunshot wounds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2938589.stm

Another Lynch family member has contradicted the commander of the US military hospital she was examined at who also stated that she had no bullet wounds
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2003/April/05/LNspot.htm

The head of the BBC has again criticised US media coverage of the invasion
http://uktop100.reuters.com/latest/BBC/top10/20030424-IRAQ-MEDIA-BBC.ASP

Lynch herself eventually expressed concerns about the accuracy of the coverage surrounding her capture:
here | here | here | here | here | here | here

CBS and Reuters have carried quotes from Tim Madere, a U.S. Army colonel saying no bunker was found at Dora Farms
http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstories_story_148214456.html