Letter
to the editor
This letter is in response to “Student supports
Bush,” by Cdt. Zach Yarmolovich, printed
on Oct. 22. While reading Yarmolovich’s
assessment of President Bush’s competence
and his reasons behind future plans with
Iraq, I couldn’t help but wonder if we were
thinking of the same person.
Bush is without question the most illiterate
president in U.S. history. Regardless of
whether he attended Yale or Harvard, he
has yet to prove his competency to the American
people.
The “extremely competent cabinet” Yarmolovich
speaks of is (shock!) composed of strangely
familiar faces from Papa Bush’s administration.
I don’t question the fact that they are
competent people, but it seems obvious that
the American people are all being subjected
to “round two” of Papa Bush’s administration.
You’re right, oil isn’t the only interest
Bush has with Iraq — he is also looking
for revenge for the fiasco his father had
with Iraq 10 years ago.
Yarmolovich mentions that if we were interested
in oil we would be negotiating with Russia
to “tap into their vast oil supply.” Iraq
sits on one of the largest oil fields in
the world, so large in fact that the Press-Telegram
reported Wednesday that both Russia and
France have oil deals with Iraq that may
be jeopardized by an attack on that country,
hence part of their hesitancy to stand with
the United States.
Oil is so deeply rooted in this issue that
it’s impossible to say an attack on Iraq
is entirely about national security or human
rights. We have no proof that Iraq does
pose a definite threat.
Yarmolovich is correct — we must examine
the long-term consequences. Premature intervention
in Iraq will lead to dangerous complications
with our allies in the Middle East, not
to mention complications at home. Even if
there are problems with inspectors in Iraq,
that is between the United Nations and Iraq
alone — the United States is not the enforcement
part of that resolution. We are not the
world police!
Bush was once quoted as saying, “I do know
I’m ready for the job [the presidency].
And if not, that’s just the way it goes.”
I hope that somewhere deep inside he is
ready to stand up to “Big Oil” and his father
and admit that there is no logical reason
for a war on Iraq.
—
Nina Flores,
political science major
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