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How to Avoid a War?

The preparations for the United States' Christians' holy book. For that reason,
planned military operation against Iraq we believe that he, and all religious
are moving full-speed ahead. It seems people in the administration, will
that unless something happens to reduce carefully consider those passages from
the tension between the United States and the Bible that command peace amongst men.
Iraq, there will be war in the Middle For instance, the Gospel according to St.
East. Inevitably, that war will cost the Matthew says, "Blessed are the
lives of tens of thousands of people and peacemakers." (Matthew, 5: 9)
will lead to the deaths of innocent The following quotations command all
civilians. Many soldiers from the U.S. Christians to love their enemies, pray
and Iraqi armies will be killed, and for their improvement, to be forgiving
their families will suffer terribly. and not to seek revenge:
Unless war is prevented, great harm will Love your enemies and pray for those who
be wreaked on the economies of the persecute you. (Matthew, 5: 44)
countries in the region, of which Turkey If possible, so far as it depends upon
is a part, and particularly that of Iraq. you, live peaceably with all. Beloved,
Poverty and all the difficulties that never avenge yourselves… If your enemy
stem from it will increase. is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty,
There is no doubt that the prevention of give him drink. (Romans, 12: 18-20)
this approaching disaster, the avoidance There are also passages in the Old
of war and the finding of a peaceful Testament, the guide for both Christians
solution, is the hope and desire of every and Jews, that command peace amongst men.
person of good conscience. In fact, many One such passage reads, "by the fear of
individuals and civil society the LORD a man avoids evil. 7 When a
organizations all over the world are man's ways please the LORD, he makes even
today saying "No to war" and encouraging his enemies to be at peace with him."
their own governments to take initiatives (Proverbs, 16: 6-7) In other words, he
to prevent such a clash. A wide community who follows God's path forgives his
and many opinion formers within the enemies.
United States maintain that the problem President Bush is sincerely devoted to
needs to be resolved by peaceful means. the moral values of the Holy Book. His
Yet all these demands for peace need to words in his address to the nation on
be backed up by a concrete solution. Let September 11, 2002, "Our deepest national
us first briefly examine the present conviction is that every life is
situation with a view to finding such a precious, because every life is the gift
solution. of a Creator who intended us to live in
1. It is clear that following the liberty and equality." are a clear
September 11 terrorist attacks, the statement of this. The entire world hopes
United States entered a state of alarm, that he will bring his common sense and
declared war on terrorism and those conscience to bear on the subject of the
administrations it perceived as being Iraq in the most effective manner.
connected to it, and is totally If there is war between Iraq and the
determined on the issue. United States, many innocent people will
2. After the Taliban regime in die. Innocent Iraqi children, women and
Afghanistan, the main target in this war old people will die under the bombs, or
was set out as Saddam Hussein's regime in be crippled and suffer, and a whole
Iraq. Even if there is room for debate nation will drown in pain. The Iraqi Army
whether Saddam Hussein really has built will suffer terrible casualties, and
nuclear or chemical weapons, that regime those dead soldiers will leave orphans
is now firmly on the U.S. and widows behind them. The American Army
administration's black list, and it does will also suffer casualties, leaving
not appear possible that this can change. weeping families in their wake, and
3. Unless there is a radical change in American servicemen will be condemned to
the present situation, the United States all sorts of sorrows, thousands of miles
will strike at Iraq. The decision has from home, in a land they do not know.
long since been taken. How and why should anyone choose disaster
What is noteworthy here is the fact that when there is a peaceful way?
the United States has gone on the No to a War of Pride
offensive not against Iraq but against The element that needs to be observed if
Saddam Hussein's regime in that country. peace is to be established is the
As President Bush and other officials positive, rather than negative use of
have repeatedly stressed, Saddam's psychological factors. If, for example,
administration has to come to an end. For America uses language that provokes
that reason, the most realistic formula Saddam Hussein and causes Iraqi
to preventing war is for Saddam's disarmament to become a matter of pride
administration to end before the war for Saddam Hussein, the problem will
starts. The only way for that to happen continue to escalate. Many wars of pride
is for Saddam Hussein to step down before have broken out in the past. There must
the onset of war. not be another.
Saddam Hussein Must Step Down From Power On the other hand, it is a terrible
In order for this formula to come about, mistake for certain circles to use the
the United States and the international kind of language that will provoke
community have to put forward a plan that president Bush and the U.S.
is acceptable to Saddam Hussein. There is administration and thus prepare the
one point in particular that must not be groundwork for a question of pride.
ignored: that is the fact that Saddam Neither President Bush, nor the current
Hussein has a wife and children, a administration nor the American state
family. In all probability he is not at have any need to engage in a show of
all happy with the situation facing his power or determination. The calming down
country and people. Yet he may be unable of emotions heightened by the mutual use
to arrive at a healthy decision on of provocative statements and the
account of concerns for his own and his adoption of a rational approach by both
family's safety. For that reason, if that sides are of great importance to a
safety is guaranteed, then it is clear solution.
that Saddam Hussein will have no wish to The Baghdad regime, on the other hand,
see a terrible slaughter that will cost must understand and respect the United
tens of thousands of Arab lives. In that States' sensitivities. America was
light, the following elements must be subjected to the world's worst ever
included in the plan that needs to be put terrorist attack on September 11, 2001,
to Saddam Hussein: in which thousands of innocent Americans
1. Saddam Hussein must be allowed to lost their lives. America is perfectly
leave Iraq and settle in a friendly Arab justified in finding the perpetrators of
country, in security and with certain this attack, bringing them to justice,
assets. It must be guaranteed that he and preventing any repetition of similar
will be able to spend the rest of his terrorist incidents. For that reason, no
life in comfort in that Arab country government must take any action that
2. Following Saddam Hussein's abdication, provokes alarm in the United States, but
a technocratic government consisting of must wholeheartedly help eliminate
moderate and independent figures must be existing concerns. If the United States
set up in Iraq. That government must is concerned that Iraq might support
react positively to the international various terrorist actions in the near
community's demands for disarmament, and future or pose a threat to the United
must seek a solution to the urgent States and its allies in the region by
problems facing the country. The embargo producing chemical and nuclear weapons,
and sanctions against Iraq must be then Iraq needs to do all in its power to
lifted, and with assistance from the do away with those concerns. Iraq will
international community a regeneration not be diminished by proving it is not
programme must quickly be initiated. The involved in a threatening activity. Quite
suffering of the Iraqi people, who have the opposite. It will earn the
lived in terrible misery and poverty ever appreciation and confidence of the
since the 1980s, must be brought to an international community and its
end as a matter of urgency. neighbors.
3. The necessary legal and institutional What Will Happen if War Cannot Be
changes must be brought in to allow Iraq Prevented?
to become a democratic state of law. A If war cannot be prevented by means of
constitutional order that respects the the formula we have put forward here or
rights of all ethnic and religious groups by some other means, then the ensuing
living in the country, and that allows developments will be most unfortunate:
them to live together under one roof in 1) Deaths: If a wide-ranging operation
peace in security must be established. begins as planned, this will inevitably
Later still, free elections must be held, lead to a great many deaths. Iraqi
and Iraq must take its place in the world troops, Iraqi civilians and American
as a respected member of the community of troops will die, and others will be
nations. crippled.
If Saddam Hussein takes the common sense 2) The Destruction of Iraq: It appears
approach and prevents war by stepping inescapable that a land and air operation
down, then he will have done the people against Baghdad will result in serious
of Iraq one of the greatest services physical damage to the city and other
possible, and will go down in history as settlements of strategic importance. The
a hero. We need to be aware that Iraqi economy is already in collapse, and
according to Islam, the greatest heroism a strike against the capital and
lies in winning the "Great Jihad" (Jihad important facilities will wreak the kind
al-Nafs), in other words in conquering of damage it will take decades to put
one's own desires. Power is a desire that right.
is hard for many people to forsake. A 3) The Danger of Civil War: If the
leader who foregoes power for the sake of Baghdad regime is overthrown, a struggle
the safety and happiness of his people for power will begin between the
thus wins that "Great Jihad" and behaves different religious and ethnic minorities
in the most honorable manner possible. in the country, and that might lead, in
For this reason: turn, to a bloody civil war. The
We Call on Saddam Hussein: repetition in Iraq of the civil war in
If you step down from power and leave Lebanon during the 1970s and '80s, which
Iraq, you will have prevented a war that caused so much bloodshed, is a disaster
would cost the lives of thousands, tens that looks likely to be repeated.
of thousands of Iraqis. Babies and 4) The Fragmentation of Iraq: Another
defenseless women and old people who likely development after the war is the
would otherwise have died under the bombs fragmentation of Iraq in a framework of
will be saved. Your cities will not be ethnic and religious minorities. Such a
razed and your country will not be fragmentation would lead to fighting
ruined. You will prevent the people of between those minorities and also give
Iraq from suffering a terrible disaster rise to exceedingly powerless, poor and
for the sake of a war that cannot uncontrolled tiny states, which would
possibly be won. inevitably fall into anarchy and chaos.
Please make that sacrifice... Then the Furthermore, these tiny states that would
world will regard you not as a leader who probably emerge could also have the
led his people to death and suffering, effect of destabilizing Iraq's neighbors.
but as one who gave up everything for This is what gives rise to Turkey's
their sake. justified concern in the face of the
Even more importantly, there is no doubt danger represented by a Kurdish state in
that such behavior will please God. In Northern Iraq. Not just Turkey, but other
the Qur'an, God reveals that saving just neighboring and Gulf states, such as
one person from death is as much a good Iran, Syria and Jordan would also be
deed as saving all of mankind: harmed by the confusion in Iraq.
...If someone kills another person-unless 5) Economic Difficulties in the Region:
it is in retaliation for someone else or It is estimated that in the 11 years
for causing corruption in the earth-it is since the 1991 Gulf War, Turkey has
as if he had murdered all mankind. And if suffered an economic loss of more than
anyone gives life to another person, it $100 billion. A new war would put an end
is as if he had given life to all to commercial life in the region and deal
mankind... (Qur'an, 5:32) a deadly blow to tourism, and there would
If you allow the war to be prevented, you be recession and losses in all other
will have saved not one life but sectors of the economy.
thousands. 6) Increased Danger of a "Clash of
We must not forget that the outbreak of Civilizations." A potential war between
war on earth is displeasing to God. We Iraq and the United States would
are told in the Qur'an that war is a represent an opportunity for those who
great evil, that it represents wish to encourage a bloody conflict
corruption, and that God does not love between the Western and Islamic
corruption. (Qur'an, 5:64) In another civilizations. Protests against the war
verse, God calls all people to peace: will come from all over the Islamic
O You who believe! Enter absolutely into world, and that will serve the purposes
peace (Islam). Do not follow in the of the scenario aimed at bringing the
footsteps of Satan. He is an outright United States against the Islamic world.
enemy to you. (Qur'an, 2:208) A peaceful solution in the face of this
In short, supporting peace and bringing problem will lead the way to the world
it about is a great duty of all Muslims. peace and security necessary for the
We Call on the U.S. Administration "Peace of Civilizations."
The divine principles that should guide Our hope is the prevention of a war in
the Iraqi administration must do the same Iraq, a solution to the problem without
for the U.S. administration. bloodshed, and the Middle East becoming a
President Bush is a religious man. He has region where peace and friendship prevail
frequently and sincerely stated his over conflict.
belief in God and the Bible, the




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