Some international students offered a third-party perspective on the situation in Iraq, discouraging the United States from taking military action.”All of us know that bombing does not kill Saddam but innocent people,” said Najmus Faruqui, a senior majoring in political science, from Pakistan. “It is easy to make a war, but difficult to make peace.”He said the United States should not take military action.”I am totally against any war because many civilians would die from that,” said Ilhong Kim, an educational policy major from South Korea.He said he understands the United Nations and the United States have a responsibility to maintain world peace, “but, using military power is not the best choice. I think we have to seek other peaceful ways to solve the problem.”Bulent Bekcioglu, who is from Turkey, thinks military action is a way for America to show off its power to the world.”It is like saying ‘I’m the one who decides what’s going on here, not you,'” said Bekcioglu, a master’s candidate in near eastern languages and cultures.Faruqui agrees with Bekcioglu’s point of view.The United States is still stuck in the Cold War era, he said. There is no Soviet Union left, but the United States still wants to display its dominance of the world.Compared to the Gulf War, there is almost no country siding with Clinton, he said.”It is obvious that the United States is losing its allies because they don’t listen to what the allies want,” Faruqui said.If the United States keeps that attitude, they will be an isolated country in the future, he said.Other students opposed to military intervention think international organizations should be responsible for a resolution.”In general, I favor taking actions by special organizations like NATO or the United Nations instead of individual countries,” said Matthias Wolf, a senior majoring in business, from Germany.The United States should come to a compromise or share opinions with the United Nations and NATO, he said.No country should have or produce biochemical weapons because they are threats to the whole world, said Sanae Eda from Japan.”I’m against any military action,” said Eda, a doctoral candidate in East Asian languages. “If it is the only way to solve the problem, that is really sad.”Faruqui, who attended the meeting, was surprised the protesters were not only Middle Eastern people, but Americans as well.”A lot of OSU students know that a war is not a good thing,” Faruqui said. “I really felt happy being a Buckeye today.”