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See the scripts for radio ads on TruthAboutWar.org. The ads will be ready to broadcast within days of Colin Powell’s address to the UN. (These are draft/working scripts; finalized ads may differ slightly.)

Colin Powell spoke to the UN Security Council and presented the case for war against Iraq. It is now apparent that within the next several weeks, the US – with or without the UN – will wage war against Iraq. The US will win – perhaps with relatively few casualties on our side. Saddam Hussein will fall from power (he’s a tyrant, and you’ll find no tears shed for him here.)

Then what?
Will Americans be able to rest easier? Will the threat of terrorism be reduced? Will the innocent millions of Iraq be better off? Will any of us be more secure? Sadly, the likely answer is no.

War in Iraq will bring chaos to that region – creating an environment in which terrorists will find it easier to obtain weapons of mass destruction, not harder. Until now, Saddam hasn’t provided these weapons directly to Al-Qaida terrorists. Perhaps he’s been afraid that this would lead to his inevitable destruction by the U.S. Perhaps he’s been concerned that these Islamic extremists would eventually turn these weapons against him.

However, in the chaos of war, Saddam’s stockpiles, assuming they exist, will become more accessible to terrorists – and the threat to Americans will increase. A U.S.-led war against Iraq will fan the flames of hatred and breed a new generation of young Islamic terrorists dedicated to killing Americans. And what of the innocent civilians of Iraq, who have will have suffered both Saddam’s brutality and the horror of war?

Based on the history of the region and our own experience in Afghanistan, the people of Iraq are likely to find they have simply traded one brutal despot for another. One thing we cannot escape. Iraq has not ever attacked the United States – directly or indirectly.

We must try to deter President Bush from launching this preemptive war. This war isn’t going to make the world safer for America or anyone else. There is still time to avert this war. Support for President Bush is based on the willingness of Americans to trust him – to believe that he knows things that he can’t share with the American people. If those beliefs can be called into question, if doubts can be raised, public support for President Bush will erode. If support erodes, opposition will grow. If the shift is large enough, President Bush won’t have the support he needs to launch his war.

President Bush’s support is a mile wide and an inch deep. The right spark could ignite the flames of doubt, and help shift public opinion away from supporting this preemptive war and back toward our proven, traditional policy of deterrence. The American Liberty Foundation has a unique opportunity to provide that spark. We’ve written scripts for four powerful radio ads. The ads will be ready to broadcast within days of Colin Powell’s address to the UN.

A new website, TruthAboutWar.org, available soon, will reinforce the message of the ads and enlist additional support keep them on the air. The faster we can get these powerful ads on the air, the greater their impact. And the more opportunity we will have to reach out to Americans who already oppose the war, enlist their support, and run even more ads. The countdown toward war has begun. It’s time for Americans like us to intervene.

posted by Hal 9:24 AM