Norwegians against Bush
The grass root movement Tellhim.no runs an ad in todays Washington Post where the movement articulates that the Norwegian government is not with the people when supporting George W. Bush and his was in Iraq.
See the Washington Post ad [PDF]
For those of you without PDF reader, I have included the letter in the extended entry for this post.
Mr. PresidentAs friends of the United States, we respect your country’s strength, creativity and generosity. At this point in history however, we are compelled to speak out. Four out of five Norwegians oppose the U.S.-led war on Iraq and our government has failed to clearly express the majority opinion of its people.
Mr. President – we urge you to change your foreign policy. To pursue a flawed and failed policy is a sign of weakness. We want the United States to be strong and creative enough to apologize to the Iraqi people for an unjust war, and to the Allies for having misled them. We want the USA to be generous enough to
compensate the innocent victims of violence, looting and trauma inflicted by torture. We firmly believe that the quest for peace in Iraq is best led by the United Nations and a democratically-elected Iraqi government.Mr. President – your country can once again be a leading example of democracy and freedom, inspiring a world where terrorism can no longer breed. Your present policy only fosters resistance, more than ever, everywhere. Mr. President – the choice is yours.
Sincerely
Concerned citizens and organizations of Norway
Hmmmm... I wonder which country Norwegians consider in their best interest, USA or Norway? The fact that a foreign group wants to sway the elections should give one pause when entertaining a Kerry Vote.
Posted by: Brian - kl: 16:17, 12 October, 2004 - #6741Thats funny. Kerry is to fault for what norwegians thinks about the Iraq war?
If anyone should be blamed for trying to sway an election, it would be George W. Bush that has already supported his puppets in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: Jarle - kl: 16:21, 12 October, 2004 - #6742The ad is not an attack on the general American, just the politics of your current president.
By the way critisizing Norwegians for poking their nose into other Counties politics would be kinda hypocritical. The American goverment have been doing that for years in a more active way than most.
I like the people from America I have met, but still I cannot agree with what your President is saying and doing.
Posted by: Frode - kl: 16:49, 12 October, 2004 - #6743
At the site below, you can see evidence of that claim that Bush is not a consistent or steadfast leader ...
Since its ratification in 1972, most European countries have trusted the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty as the only thing standing between them and annihilation in a nuclear crossfire between the U.S. and Russia. Trouble is, rules of the ABM treaty prevent the U.S. from building the National Missile Defense system favored by President Bush.
President Bush angered several European leaders by rejecting the the Kyoto treaty, a 1997 agreement requiring signatory nations to reduce their emissions of "greenhouse" gases, blamed by many scientists as the cause of global warming.
I noticed the flak you got up there, Jarle, which reminded me of an article I ran into a couple of days ago: "Expatriate wonders: How can America possibly reelect Bush?" ( more at http://rc6.org/node/213 )
Posted by: Remco - kl: 07:30, 13 October, 2004 - #6749