I’d like to think that I’m pretty tolerant of all the anti-war on Iraq sentiment around campus.

It’s not too much trouble to step over a bunch of kids falling over in the Quad, and chalk washes off pretty easily.

I can handle the flyers with the bizarre spelling “Amerikan,” sponsored by the Maoist International Movement, a communist lesbian organization. But there is one piece of propaganda that annoys me.

It’s the flier with the picture of a little Iraqi girl and the question “Is she our enemy?”

This is a perfect example of the common and blatantly wrong misconception that America has declared war on the children of Iraq.

The way I see it is, if you really care about the children of Iraq, you would support Bush’s plan for regime change.

Iraqi children deserve an opportunity to live in a country that isn’t ruled by a totalitarian leader who starves them.

The “democracy” that Iraq claims it has is a shameful farce.

Look at the recent elections in which Saddam secured an incredible 100 percent of the vote.

That means that almost 12 million citizens all went out and voted. Yeah right.

The best way to help the children of Iraq is to remove Saddam from power.

Children dying of malnutrition are entirely his responsibility, not America’s.

This, aside from gassing Kurds, is a prime example of his disregard for the lives of his countrymen.

A leader has a moral responsibility to take care of his citizens.

It blows my mind that any blame could be put on the United States.

So along with no war on Iraq, it seems activists want the United States to remove all economic sanctions.

But it shouldn’t stop there. While we’re at it we should give Saddam a key to the city of Washington and his own ticker tape parade.

Saddam Hussein is clearly a threat to the United States.

He has biological and chemical weapons that will eventually slip into the wrong hands.

And if you give him a long-range missile, things will get ugly.

A pre-emptive strike ensures that we won’t have another national catastrophe.

Yes, we do have the right to a pre-emptive strike.

If it is in our self interest, and ultimately self defense, we can do whatever it takes.

Too often this country seems to be blinded by the myth of multiculturalism that claims all countries are equal.

If all countries are equal, why do so many people risk everything to come to the United States? The truth of the matter is that anti-war protesters need to justify their cause, and crying “Think of the children” does the job.

But it just doesn’t work in this situation. Regime change will help Iraqi children.

“Is she our enemy?”

As a friend put it, a better question would be “Is she Saddam’s friend?” And the answer is a resounding “no.”