Moby Chimes In On Potential Iraq Attack

09/06/2002 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Jerry Armor

(9/6/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Moby is certainly outspoken on foreign policy. His once-liberal views shifted after the terror attacks of 9/11. Still, Moby said he doesn't "know what to think" about a possible U.S. attack on Iraq.

"Based on his history as the leader of Iraq, it is safe to say that Saddam Hussein is a bad man," wrote the techno-pop-rocker on his online journal. "He has killed millions of people (even his own) without any apparent ethical concerns. So it's safe to say that a world in which Saddam Hussein were behind bars would probably be better than a world wherein Saddam is the leader of a gigantic, dangerous country."

"But I don't know about America attacking Iraq...almost all of our allies seem to virulently oppose the idea of America invading Iraq. And I always get nervous when oil-men (Bush and Cheney) talk about aggressive foreign policy that involves oil-producing nations. And I get nervous about George W.'s sabre rattling against Iraq given the embarrassment (speaking of embarrassment, when will I learn to spell?) that the Bush family feels about not ousting Saddam the first time around. And I get very nervous whenever politicians talk about war around election time."

Moby summed up, "But if it's true that the Iraqis are developing nuclear weapons, then I don't really see how the democratic world can sit around and do nothing. because Saddam Hussein has used weapons of mass destruction in the past, which leads one to think that he wouldn't hesitate to use them in the future."

-- Darren Davis, New York

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