To: Representative Mike Honda Wednesday October 9th,2002

To: Representative Mike Honda Wednesday October 9^th,2002

Senator: Diane Feinstein

Senator: Barbara Boxer

From: Bill Rowe (Owner: Ballroom Dance Supply)

5840 Moraga Avenue

San Jose, CA 95008-2006

Tel/Fax: (408)871-1895/1896

Subject: NO VOTE ON IRAQ MILITARY INTERVENTION Without UN Security Council Multilateral Action AND/OR WITHOUT US CONGRESS DECLARATION OF WAR !!!

Justification Summary:

Unneccesary (No imminent danger even per CIA assessment)
Unlawful (Since no imminent danger then Congress should step up to the bar and consider a declaration of War per US Constitution—which I hope you would be against if no further information is forthcoming)
Against the spirit if not letter of International law (under Bush’s “pre-emptive doctrine” Iraq would certainly be justified in a pre-emptive strike against the US-a suicidal action--- so when did having the “bigger stick” justify legality or not ?
UnAmerican: Fascist.Even the consideration makes me ashamed. I now know how the good German citizen felt during the Nazi era.
Dinsingenuous: Obvious to me that the mantra of eliminating WMD is being used to maneuver the UN and IRAQ into situation justifying a regime change by military means. Preventing a strong economic and military IRAQ (even without WMD) is true objective to support American energy supply policy and prop up the outlaw state Israel. Let’s not sink to their level.
Counterproductive in Long term: Makes a strong statement to Muslin countries that western law only applies to those with a big enough stick to demand their rights.That plays to strong incentives to develop WMD and terrorism. This is even true in best scenario where we runover IRAQ similar to Gulf War!
Give Senator Byrd your support in his heroic efforts to reaffirm the American way! The Constitutional way! The Legal Way! The Wise way!!

Bill Rowe