From: mkb30@cam.ac.uk (Matthew Belmonte)
To: info@annecampbell.org.uk
Subject: no war on Iraq
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 22:52:44 +0000

Dear Mrs Campbell

I was disappointed to learn that you voted last week in support of the
Government's participation in the United States' impending war on Iraq.
As you know, Cambridge as a university town is a stronghold of opposition
to this war.  Especially after the Government's weak attempt to show any
danger posed by Saddam Hussein -- now notorious for its plagiarism from a
twelve-year-old doctoral dissertation -- Parliament should approach arguments
for war with scepticism.  British solidarity with the United States has
already made us the #2 target for terrorist reprisals, and British involvement
in the United States' war would help breed a new generation of militants who
lump a hatred of Britain in with their hatred of America.  No convincing link
between Iraq and al-Qaeda has been demonstrated, there is no guarantee that a
post-Saddam Iraq wouldn't burst into internecine struggles, and the possible
benefits of Saddam's ouster simply aren't worth the cost and the risks to
political stability and to human life.  I do hope that you'll reconsider your
position on the war.

Sincerely

Matthew Belmonte
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