[1902] in peace2
Fw: no war petition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Campbell)
Tue Sep 17 10:02:43 2002
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From: "Richard Campbell" <richcamp@bu.edu>
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:35:33 -0400
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From: "nerissa wu" <nerissw@yahoo.com>
To: "Les Boden" <lboden@bu.edu>; "Richard Campbell" <richcamp@bu.edu>; "Dick
Clapp" <rclapp@bu.edu>; "Greg Howard" <gh@bu.edu>; "Pat Hynes" <hph@bu.edu>;
"Dave Ozonoff" <dozonoff@bu.edu>; "Lew Pepper" <lpepper@bu.edu>; "Rana S"
<ranas@bu.edu>; "Madeleine Scammel" <mls@bu.edu>; "Tom Webster"
<twebster@bu.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 8:36 PM
Subject: new petition
> One year after the terrible wrongs inflicted on
> innocent people on September 11, 2001 our government
> is engaged in a unilateral effort to muster support to
> wage war on Iraq's government, and necessarily on
> Iraq's people. A stated intention not to harm
> thousands of innocent people to achieve political
> goals ("regime change") is insufficient excuse when
> such harm is foreseeable and inevitable. In the late
> twentieth century, ninety percent (90%) of people who
> died in war were civilians not involved in combat.
>
> In the face of our government's blind determination to
> pursue this policy, in defiance of international law,
> norms and opinion, there seems little we can do to
> prevent what could well turn into an international
> catastrophe. The Bush administration has shown itself
> deaf to any and all reasoned argument on the subject.
> We are circulating this Statement of Opposition among
> our colleagues in the health science and social
> service community for the purpose of giving each of us
> the opportunity to go on public record in opposition
> to foreign policy by military force.
>
> Statement:
>
> We the undersigned register our opposition to the Bush
> Administration's announced policy of a "pre-emptive"
> first strike on the government and people of Iraq. To
> the extent that Iraq already has weapons that can
> inflict mass casualties, such an attack invites their
> use. To the extent Iraq will develop them in the
> undetermined future, first use must seem suicidal for
> Iraqi leaders. US policy is therefore most easily
> understood as a geopolitical strategy that involves
> regional influence, oil and international economic
> competition, not genuine issues of national security.
> We therefore oppose it on clear moral grounds that are
> not entangled with difficult arguments over "just
> wars" or the claims of "self-defense."
>
> If you would like to add your voice to this statement,
> please send your name and address (city, state, and
> country) to Health Community Against the War at
> NoMoreWar02@yahoo.com.
>
> Signatories:
>
> 1. Dave Ozonoff (Cambridge, MA)
> 2. Nerissa Wu (Boston, MA)
> 3. Les Boden (Cambridge, MA)
> 4. Madeleine Scammel (Chelsea, MA)
> 5. Pat Hynes (Boston, MA)
> 6. Dick Clapp (Boston, MA)
> 7. Lew Pepper (Newton, MA)
> 8. Rich Campbell (Waltham, MA)
> 9. Rana Sheferdine (Cambridge, MA)
> 10. Tom Webster (Boston, MA)
> 11. Patricia Burnes (Brookline, MA)
> 12. Barmak Kusha, MPH (Baltimore, MD)
> 13. Catherine Dormitzer (Baltimore, MD)
> 14. Ali Noorani (Boston, MA)
> 15. Angeline Hynes (Philadelphia, PA)
> 16. Tim Morse, Ph.D. (wilcott, CT)
> 17. Jody Lally (Brookline, MA)
> 18. Robert Lawrence, MD
> 19. Elizabeth Costenbader (Baltimore, MD)
> 20. Mary Shepherd (Baltimore, MD)
> 21. Wendy GM van Loon (The Netherlands)
> 22. Roni Neff (Baltimore, MD)
> 23. Nicola Moscufo (Brookline, MA)
> 24. Wendy Heiger-Bernays (Boston, MA)
> 25. Amy Donovan-Palmer (Malden, MA)
> 26. Doug Brugge (Cambridge, MA)
> 27. Noah Horst (Boston, MA)
> 28. Wendell Post (Groton, MA)
> 29. Patricia Montley (Lutherville, MD)
> 30. Susan Foster (Boston, MA)
> 31. Susan Barkan (Seattle, WA)
>
>
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