Chile: Con on Iraq, by Constanza Figueroa
Latin America knows what it feels like to have the U.S. government enter your national house. We share this painful experience with Iraq. But in the Iraqi case there is another variable, a natural resource that we do not possess.
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USA: How Bush Ruined a Good Case for War, by Adam Frankel
George Bush has ruined a perfectly good case for war. In October 2001, before the dust had settled in Afghanistan, I proposed in a column that the United States initiate war plans in Iraq. And yet, in January 2003, I found myself marching along with thousands of other peace demonstrators in Washington D.C. more >>
USA: It Didn't have to Be This Way, by Seth Green
What depresses me most as I watch the war on Iraq unfold, and the death tolls on the American and Iraqi sides rise, is the recognition that it didn’t have to be this way. We didn’t have to rush into war without air space in Turkey, without support from our historic European allies, and without United Nations approval. more >>
USA: War, by Jonah Richard Lehrer
War. The word itself, with its monosyllabic abruptness, its slightly scary looking "W" and its "r" that fades instantly into silence on the lips, is an ominous thing. more >>
USA: An Unnecessary War on Iraq: Best Solution Given the Circumstances, by Alice Wang
War with Iraq is unnecessary. There is little question that Saddam Hussein could have been contained and little evidence that he posed an immediate threat to the US. However after a year of Bush’s insensitive and crass “diplomatic” efforts and his constant call for an invasion of Iraq, the US was left in a situation with little choice but to initiate conflict or lose all credibility on the international stage. more >>
