Letter to the Editor
Posted on May 07, 2004
My letter to the editor of the Japan Times was published on the web and should be in print this
Iraq war linked to a fable
In the April 26 article "'Quagmire' label doesn't apply to Iraq," writer Robyn Lim says the Iraq war "is part of the continuing war against terrorism, heralded by the surprise attack on America in September 2001 that killed 3,000 civilians."
Not a shred of evidence exists to support this claim. The unilateral/preemptive invasion of Iraq by the United States and its so-called coalition of the willing was based on faulty, outdated and just plain hyped intelligence. Lim implies that Iraq had ties to the 9/11 attacks, a crackpot theory debunked long ago. Not a single Iraqi was aboard the planes that killed the 3,000, and no connection has ever been found.
Yet the "neoconservatives" in Washington still cling to the fabled Iraq-al-Qaeda link to push their ideological fantasies. The fact is that 16 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but you never hear about the 9/11-Saudi Arabia link. The kind of misinformation in Lim's article is what makes most Americans believe that there is an Iraq-al-Qaeda link despite absolutely no evidence.
MARK HEGGE
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
In the April 26 article "'Quagmire' label doesn't apply to Iraq," writer Robyn Lim says the Iraq war "is part of the continuing war against terrorism, heralded by the surprise attack on America in September 2001 that killed 3,000 civilians."
Not a shred of evidence exists to support this claim. The unilateral/preemptive invasion of Iraq by the United States and its so-called coalition of the willing was based on faulty, outdated and just plain hyped intelligence. Lim implies that Iraq had ties to the 9/11 attacks, a crackpot theory debunked long ago. Not a single Iraqi was aboard the planes that killed the 3,000, and no connection has ever been found.
Yet the "neoconservatives" in Washington still cling to the fabled Iraq-al-Qaeda link to push their ideological fantasies. The fact is that 16 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but you never hear about the 9/11-Saudi Arabia link. The kind of misinformation in Lim's article is what makes most Americans believe that there is an Iraq-al-Qaeda link despite absolutely no evidence.
MARK HEGGE
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Sure, the web's a great place to publish your ideas and opinions, but you still can't beat the coverage that writing to the editor of a newspaper with 50,000 plus readers gives you!
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