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Stories from 2003-04-20

Overthrow Now, Pay Later

Jon Wiener | Los Angeles Times | April 20, 2003

"U.S. intervention is a bad idea, because people want to make their own history, even if the face of oppression is like Saddam Hussein's. A quick and easy victory over Iraq must not be the model for a series of future campaigns of regime change around the world." [more]

The Perils Of Empire

Paul Kennedy | Washington Post | April 20, 2003

"This looks like America's moment. History should give us pause." [more]

Troops Told to Guard Treasures

Paul Martin | Washington Times | April 20, 2003

"The [art] museum was No. 2 on a list of 16 sites deemed crucial to protect. Financial institutions topped the list, including the Iraqi Central Bank, which is now a burned-out shell filled with twisted metal beams from the collapse of the roof and all nine floors under it. The list also included various ministries such as defense, foreign affairs and interior. Just one ministry was protected by coalition forces from the beginning of the occupation, the Ministry of Oil, which was last on the list." [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.