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      _
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      neces-
      -
     
     
      _
      sarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staffcf
      this
      publication,
      or
     
     
      _
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
      ©
     
    
   
   
    
     
      e
     
     
      m.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      ‘In
      this
      age
      of
      peace,
      you
      must
      take
      time
      to
      see
      who
     
     
      -
      your
      enemy
      really
      is,
      your
      neighbour.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      We
      must
      start
      opening
      our
      eyes
      and
      see
      who
      the
     
     
      greatest
      threat
      to
      world
      peace
      really
      is.
      Itseems
     
    

    
     
      ironic
      that
      it
      is
      in
      this
      time
      of
      ‘“world
      peace’’
      we
      are
     
     
      only
      now
      starting
      to
      realize
      that
      we
      are
      living
      with
     
    

    
     
      _
      one
      of
      the
      most
      murderous
      and
      violent
      nations
      the
     
    

    
     
      _
      world
      has
      ever
      seen.
      For
      decades
      and
      decades
      this
     
    

    
     
      _
      nation
      has
      been
      instigating
      aggression,
      violence
      and
     
    

    
     
      _
      war
      against
      and
      between
      nations
      in
      order
      to
      gain
     
    

    
     
      _
      power.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jam
      nottalking
      about
      some
      Middle
      East
      country,
      or
     
     
      the
      cld
      communist
      dog,
      but
      rather
      our
      nice
      next
      door
     
     
      neighbour.
      the
      olde
      U.S.
      of
      A.
      That’s’s
      right,
      that
     
     
      sweet
      peaceful
      country
      down
      south.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘January
      15th
      marks
      the
      first
      anniversary
      of
      the
     
     
      “*WAR’’
      inthe
      Gulf,
      where
      the
      great
      UN
      (a.k.a.
     
     
      USA)
      was
      victorious
      over
      the
      ‘‘Hitler-like’’
      nation
      of
     
     
      Iraq.
      It
      was
      during
      this
      theatre
      of
      conflict
      that
      we
     
     
      were
      finally
      able
      to
      see
      our
      neighbours
      as
      they
      ought
     
     
      to
      be
      seen.
      As
      acountry
      who
      lies
      and
      deceives
      its
     
     
      Own
      people
      into
      a
      fury
      of
      hatred
      against
      another
     
     
      country
      to
      a
      point
      where
      its
      citizens
      are
      willing
      to
      die
     
     
      to
      put
      the
      great
      ‘‘Hitler-like’’
      threat
      down,
      asa
      coun-
     
     
      try
      that
      forces
      other
      countries
      in
      to
      battle
      along
      side
     
     
      ofthem.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      months
      before
      and
      during
      the
      war
      we
      were
      bom-
     
     
      barded
      with
      talk
      and
      images
      of
      how
      Iraq
      had
      become
     
     
      the
      great
      threat
      to
      peace,
      how
      the
      country
      was
      killing
     
     
      woman
      and
      especially
      children,
      and
      how
      we
      must
      step
     
     
      in
      and
      stop
      this
      injustice.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      we
      heard
      was
      one
      of
      the
      greatest
      propaganda
     
     
      campaigns
      the
      world
      has
      ever
      seen.
      It
      is
      only
      now,
      a
     
     
      year
      later
      that
      people
      are
      starting
      to
      realize
      what
      had
     
     
      happened,
      Sadam
      was
      not
      killing
      babies
      (it
      was
      re-
     
     
      cently
      discovered
      that
      the
      reports
      were
      staged),
      pol-
     
     
      luting
      the
      environment
      (it
      was
      quietly
      announced
      later
     
     
      hat
      the
      large
      oil
      spill
      was
      a
      result
      of
      the
      American
     
     
      ombings,
      nota
      result
      of
      the
      ‘‘environmental
      terror-
     
     
      st’’
      Sadam.),
      and
      Sadam
      was
      not
      the
      gas
      using
      Hitler
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ve
      were
      told
      he
      was
      (he
      never
      used
      the
      gas
      in
      the
      war).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      January
      16,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEIX-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      can’t
      blame
      the
      press
      for
      telling
      us
      these
      false
     
     
      (but
      very
      entertaining)
      reports
      since
      the
      American
     
    
   
   
    
     
      government
      was
      controlling
      the
      press
      and
      only
      telling
     
    
   
   
    
     
      them
      what
      the
      military
      wanted
      to
      be
      told.
      I
      guess
      this
     
     
      is
      what
      is
      what
      we
      were
      suppose
      to
      be
      fighting
      for,
     
     
      freedom.
      WRONG!
      What
      we
      were
      fighting
      for
      was
     
     
      the
      oil.
      The
      blood
      of
      western
      civilization.
      Without
      it,
     
     
      we
      are
      helpless.
      To
      make
      the
      whole
      thing
      look
      right,
     
     
      the
      Americans
      persuaded
      other
      countries
      to
      stand
     
     
      behind
      them.
      (Especially
      those
      countries
      that
      depend
     
     
      on
      American
      money
      and
      aid
      in
      one
      way
      or
      another.
      )
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      war
      was
      only
      a
      small
      and
      yet
      visible
      display
      of
     
     
      American
      violence.
      We
      must
      also
      consider
      the
      back-
     
     
      ing
      the
      US
      gives
      other
      countries
      and
      groups
      in
      order
     
     
      to
      help
      them
      fight
      and
      the
      support
      it
      gives
      terrorist
     
     
      groups.
      We
      must
      also
      remember
      how
      American
     
     
      military
      aid
      continues
      to
      go
      to
      countries
      where
      human
     
     
      right
      violations
      are
      going
      on
      constantly.
      It
      was
      the
     
     
      American
      CIA
      that
      formed
      the
      “death
      squads’”’
      in
     
     
      Central
      America.
      We
      should
      know
      that
      the
      US
      gov-
     
     
      ernment
      in
      1986
      was
      the
      first
      government
      to
      licence
     
     
      the
      international
      sale
      of
      instruments
      of
      torture.
      How
     
    
   
   
    
     
      peaceful!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      only
      a
      small
      example
      of
      the
      kinds
      of
     
     
      butcherous
      acts
      our
      friendly
      neighbours
      are
      involved
     
     
      in,
      no
      doubt
      there
      is
      numerous
      others.
      So
      remember.
     
     
      the
      next
      time
      you
      go
      fora
      stroll,
      don’t
      forget
      to
      watch
     
     
      your
      neighbour,
      you
      never
      know
      what
      goes
      on
      just
      be-
     
     
      yond
      the
      curtains.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      E
      wide
      opened,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
       
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cory
      Large
     
     
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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