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03/27/2003 Archived Entry: "Jackson wants truce to get aid to Iraqis"

I WAS WONDERING WHEN HE'D OPEN HIS YAP: If your like me, you've just been waiting for Jesse Jackson to open his mouth about the Iraq war. Wait no longer!

While meeting with UN Sec. Gen. Koffi Annan, Jackson called for a truce in the war to get aid to Iraqi civilians.

"Perhaps there could be the Olympic Truce, where at least both sides agree to stop the shooting to allow food and medicine to get in and water can be turned back on," Jackson said.

Sure Jess, but you might want to clear with an enemy to your country who has executed soldiers who share your citizenship, have fired at its own civilians, forced its civilians to act as human shields and may be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons. As the generals say, the enemy gets a vote on any plan you come up with.

The article also notes the cravenness of the Iraqi Christian clerical community calling the war an "aggression against the Iraqi people." And people wonder why I'm an athiest. Principles are to be died for, not given up because of threats. It's funny to note that Iraqi civilians are now battling their own government while the religious community continues to mouth the words of the Ba'ath Party. I only hope that Iraq's Catholic community does what many in Germany's Catholic community did during the Second World War: mouth words of homage to the pontiff and then ignore him and help the persecuted.