If it takes a war to stop this evil, then it must be done.

15-year old Hayley Orcutt from James Monroe High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia has this excellent justification on taking out Saddam:

The United States and its allies are not going into this war for selfish reasons. We are not going to war with Iraq because we want their land or their natural resources. The United States gets only about 18 percent of its oil from the Middle East and, prior to the Gulf War, only about 4 percent from Iraq.

We are going to war with Iraq because it is the right thing to do. Saddam made a promise to the world through the United Nations after the Gulf War that he would prove to us he didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction. He has not done this for 12 years. What would make anyone think he is going to do it in the near future without us forcing him to do so?

This reaction is much better than the muted response that most of the local college students gave their president last night. The anti-war gathering at Hurkamp Park at noon today and Friday is still on schedule. . .