X-Message-Number: 21109
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:10:29 +1100
From: Philip Rhoades <>
Subject: Greedy wars are not good for anyone, including cryonicists - pt II

People,

Continuing . .

Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?


31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per
        1,000 births)?
    A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)

32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a
        result of UN sanctions?
    A: 1.5 million

33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to
        sanctions since 1997?
    A: 750,000

34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
    A: No

35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?
    A: 300

36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
    A: 5

37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ?
    A: Yes

38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed
        to a level unprecedented in modern history."
    A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.

39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons
        of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have
        discovered and dismantled?
    A: 90%

40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
    A: Yes

41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
    A: Over 65

42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972
        and 1990?
    A: 30+

43. Q: How much does the U.S. fund Israel a year?
    A: $5 billion

44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
    A: 8

45. Q:How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
    A: 0

46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
    A: over 10,000

47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?
    A: the US

48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
    A: Over 400

49. Q: Has Israel every allowed UN weapons inspections?
    A: No

50. Q: What percentage of the Palestinian territories are controlled by
        Israeli settlements?
    A: 42%

51. Q: Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land?
    A: Yes

52. Q: Which country do you think poses the greatest threat to global
        peace: Iraq or the U.S.?
    A: ????

53. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
        things that matter"?
    A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.



The Difference Between Focus on Problems and Focus on Solutions:

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that
the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity. (Ink won't flow down to the
writing surface).

In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting
(Accenture today).

It took them one decade and 12 million dollars.

They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, under
water, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature
range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

The Russians used a pencil....

-- 
Philip Rhoades

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