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SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus >> Vukelich: TONIGHT A SPECIAL
DIALOGUE ON A SINGLE QUESTION: >> Vukelich: ON THE BRINK WE DEPART FROM OUR USUAL ABOUT A SINGLE QUESTION: WILL TO CALL IN AND VOICE TO TAKE AS MANY CALLS WHY YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE WAR WITH IRAQ. YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER
SIMPLY GO TO THE KNME HOME AND FOLLOW THE LINK WE'LL FOLLOW THE POLL THE NUMBER IS 1-866-337-5172. REMEMBER YOU WILL BE LIMITED >> Vukelich: AT THE MOMENT, THE BORDER. OF ANTI AIRCRAFT POSITIONS AND ARTILLERY POSITIONS THAT WOULD THE LINE. HAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE. >> HAL: I FEEL GEORGE BUSH HAS
ALREADY ERODED CIVIL LIBERTY LIBERTITY -- LIBERTIES OVER HAS BEEN. DESTROYED WITH THE ROUND UP OF AMERICANS IN IRSQMANY. >> Vukelich: 20 SECONDS. SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS BE COMMITTED IN IRAQ. WILL THERE BE A GOVERNMENT AFTERWARDS. A SIMPLE QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T GO AHEAD P >> MCINTIRE: I THINK THIS IS A PANDORA'S BOX, A TIR I BELIEVE LOT FURTHER TROUBLE.
>> Vukelich: THAT IS SOME OF ARAB NATION, WHAT IS IN STORE THE PAST? U.S. HAS QUITE A BIT OF ARMED FORCES IN THIS STATE. FORCE BASES, STEALTH BOMBERS. GO AHEAD >> I BELIEVE THAT DEFEATING SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL, INDEED, MAKE THE U.S. SAFER IN THE FACT THAT HE IS AN EVIL PERSON WHAT WILL STOP HIM FROM DOING ANOTHER 9-11. >> TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO. >> Vukelich: TRUCHAS.
>> Vukelich: YOU HAVE QUITE A >> IT IS SNOWING RIGHT NOW. >> Vukelich: THERE IS A VOTE FOR WHY SADDAM HUSSEIN IS CLEARLY NOT A NICE PERSON. AND MICHAEL, FROM ALBUQUERQUE, >> MICHAEL: I WOULD SAY WE WE NEED TO PUT THIS MAN IN HIS AND WE MUST STAND UP FOR ALL OUR RIGHTS. >> Vukelich: YOU THINK WE FAR AS CNN AND NETWORKS ARE TELL USING US, NOR HAS HE BEEN FOUND FACE DOWN FLOATING IN OUR TROOPS ARE MASSING AT THE THE PRESIDENT. >> ROBERT: I BELIEVE THAT WE AFTER WE ATTACK IRAQ.
ARROGANCE IN OUR DIE FINES TO THE UN AND I FEEL THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL TURN AGAINST US THANK YOU. >> Vukelich: THAT HAS BEEN THE DIPLOMATIC STORY OF THE WEEK. AS WE GO AHEAD WITHOUT THE GERMANY IS NOT WITH US ALLOW AIR SUPPOSE. >> ALLEN: THIS WILL DEFINITELY MAKE US SAFER AS WELL AS THE KURDS, I RAINIANS AND SYRIANS. WHETHER HE GOES OR NOT, THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS AGGRESSIVE >> Vukelich: WE ALL KNOW THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN TAKE HIM DOWN, I WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE, BEFORE. THAT WE ATTACKED AND INVADE AN ARAB COUNTRY. >> JIM: I AM AFRAID THAT WE ILLEGAL WEAPONS BUT IT WILL LOOK LIKE GOING INTO WACO. I DON'T THINK IT WILL IMPROVE BUT AS JAK BOOTED THUGS. >> Vukelich: WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE ON SEPTEMBER THAT HE IS HEAD? >> WE HAVE HIM CONTAINED. 2/3 OF THE COUNTRY, WE BOMBED COUNTRY THAT HAS 1 PIPELINE GOING DOWN AND TAKING THE REST JORDAN.
OF EXPANSIONISM. >> Vukelich: THAT IS PART OF NEO REAGANITES. >> KENT: MY COMMENT IS THAT THIS WILL INCREASE TERRORISM IN THE WORLD AND INCREASE SO DURING THE 1990S, THE INSPECTORS DESTROYED MOST OF THE WEAPONS SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD AND THEY WERE WORKING BUT BUSH >> Vukelich: THE INSPECTORS, WE NEVER DID FIND THESE BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS MAX FROM LAS CRUCES. >> MAX: HELLO. HELLO.
>> Vukelich: YOU ARE ON THE >> I FEEL WE NEED TO ELIMINATE RAPIST AND NOT MAKING THE GET THIS MAN OUT OF POWER. >> Vukelich: LET ME ASK YOU A FORCES AT RISK OVERSEAS? :I HOPE WE DON'T STAY LONG BUT MAN OUT OF POWER. >> Vukelich: THANK YOU. THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG WE SERIOUS QUESTION. WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO WILL COME TO THE FORE. FROM RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. >> MY NAME IS LARRY, I LIVE IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY. HAVE BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE ABOUT
IT HAS TAKEN TOO LONG AND WE KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT HIM TO NOT DISARM HIM AND DECEMBER ENGAGE >> Vukelich: YOU ARE IN FAVOR >> TEN OR 15 YEARS AGO. >> Vukelich: A LOT OF PEOPLE WE HAD THE TROOPS ON THE RUN >> TOO MUCH POLITICAL RHETORIC, >> Vukelich: THANK YOU FOR >> MICHAEL: I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THIS WAR WITH IRAQ. THIS IS A NAKED ADEGREES BY US ALL MUCH MORE UNSAFE. BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO AROUND THE GLOBE. HARMS WAY BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE
OF AMERICA AND REST OF THE >> Vukelich: THAT ISSUE OF OVERSEAS IS INDEED A FACTOR IN SAFE THEY WILL BE IN THE THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WHAT U.S. WILL BE WE BE LIVING IN IN THE COMING YEAR OR YEARS WHILE OUR WAR IS BEING FOUGHT. WE HAVE A CALL FROM LUNA COUNTY. >> YES. LUNA COUNTY. SADDAM HUSSEIN ALREADY HAS DESTRUCTION. TERRORIST GROUPS TO BE USED FOR TERRORISTS. >> Vukelich: THANK YOU.
IRAQ TERRORISM LINK. ANYBODY WHO IS CALLING IN IF AND IRAQ. PARK. LINE. >> RAY: WHAT KIND OF REACTION PUT NERVE GAS OUT THERE OR >> Vukelich: ARE THEY PREPARED >> YES. >> Vukelich: WHAT DO YOU THINK CHEMICAL ATTACK OR BIOLOGICAL ATTACK AS THEY MARCH MUCHED ON BAGHDAD. WHAT WOULD BE THE REACTION WHERE YOU LIVED. >> I DON'T KNOW. >> Vukelich: THAT IS THE WAR IS NOT PRETTY BUT IT COULD OUT JUST HOW UGLY THIS MAN CAN
ABOUT MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE HIM YOU ARE ON THE LINE. >> THIS IS MARY IN SANTA FE AND IT IS ANOTHER NO. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO FRIENDS OR ALLIES LEFT. SOME OF YOUR SO-CALLED, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, ALLIES AND FRIENDS >> Vukelich: LET ME ASK YOU A ARE NOT WILLING TO STEP UP TO >> NO, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS SHOULD NOT BE MEDDLING TOO MUCH. GERMANY. BUSINESS FIRST. >> Vukelich: THE LADY FROM WE SEEM TO HAVE ASSUMED THAT
ROLE AND WE ARE GOING AHEAD THE LINE. >> I THINK NO BECAUSE THE ON YOU YOU STATE TION GOING ON WAR WITH IRAQ. ETHNIC CLEANSING AND DEMOLISH >> Vukelich: YOU ARE OUT OF LINK BETWEEN SADDAM HUSSEIN >> YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING MORE ON THAT AND GIVING THEM THE PALESTINIAN STATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE COMMITTING ILLEGAL, YOU MEMBER THE OTHER DAY.
>> Vukelich: BY THE WAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER FROM >>. >> Vukelich: WE LOST THAT FAVOR OF THIS WAR. THAT CALL FROM ALBUQUERQUE, I >> WE LOST THEM AGAIN. 402 TO 309. >> Vukelich: YOU ARE ON THE >> I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD GO TO WAR BECAUSE IF WE GO, THIS MAN WILL TAKE OVER AMERICA AND --. >> Vukelich: WE ARE OUT OF VIEWER WE HAVE HAD AT
Stateline ON THE YEAR ON THE AIR. >> KATHY:. >> Vukelich: HELLO. WE HAVE CALLS COMING FROM BY >> JAMES: I THINK THE WORLD TREATY. IS GETTING US IN A BAD BIND WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING OVER KILLING PEOPLE FOR MONEY IS A >> Vukelich: THAT GENTLEMAN BELIEVES WE ARE FIGHTING THIS THAT MUCH OIL TO THE U.S. THANKS TO THE SAPTIONS. >> GREG: EVERYBODY KEEPS
FORGETTING THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN DESTRUCTION FROM THE U.S. AND THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN, BIN LADEN WERE ALL --. >> Vukelich: WE CREATED SADDAM YOU KNOW, SADDAM HUSSEIN AT SUPPORTED HIM IN THE WAR WE THOUGHT HE WAS A BETTER BET TOOK OVER. HE HAS GOTTEN HIS ANTHRAX AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND I AM NOT HAVE A CALL FROM HOBBS. >> HI, I BELIEVE THAT THE U.S. WOULD BE SAFER IF WE TOOK I BELIEVE THAT HE DOES HAVE
AND HE IS STILL DID HE FIING AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TAKE >> Vukelich: IF WE HAVE BEEN INSPECTING THIS MAN AND HE HAS BEEN PLAYING CAT AND MOUSE OVER THE YEARS, WHY IS HE STILL NOT FESSING UP IF HE WANTED TO REMAIN IN POWER. FROM ALBUQUERQUE. >> HELLO. >> Vukelich: YOU ARE ON >> I BELIEVE DEFEATING SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL MAKE THE U.S. PRECEDENCE IF WE DON'T GO IN >> Vukelich: FAIR ENOUGH. AND IF IT COMES TO A GAME OF POKER, THE WORLD STAKES OF POKER, EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO
>> JOE: I AM A YES MAN AND PRESIDENT BUSH IS A GREAT WARNINGS. PLENTY OF TIME. >> Vukelich: EASY FOR YOU TO WAY AT THE MOMENT? >> MY SON-IN-LAW IS OVER THERE TO GO OVER THERE. >> Vukelich: THERE IS A VOICE POW PER AND REMOVE THIS GUY MELISSA. >> FROM LAMEDEIRA, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT DEFEATING SADDAM SAFER.
INCREASING THE HASTE RED COUNTRIES AS THEY EXIST NOW. >> Vukelich: THAT IS A VALID OURSELVES OUT THERE THAT WE BIGGER TARGET OVER THE TIME. >> GARY: I AGREE TOTALLY WITH THE COMMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS PERSON. LESS -- SAFE THAN IT IS TODAY AND UNDERMINING ONE OF THE UNITED NATIONS. >> Vukelich: LET ME KEEP YOU HOME WILL BE OF THIS WHAT ARE? >> THE EFFECT HERE IN THE U.S., IT WILL MAKE US MORE VULNERABLE TO TERRORISM >> Vukelich: THANK YOU FOR
WHAT HAPPENS AT HOME BECAUSE YOU ARE ON THE LINE. >> I THINK THAT THERE ARE EVERYONE WHO IS A POTENTIAL THREAT. IT WILL MAKE US UNPOPULAR AND MAKE US BULLIES. >> Vukelich: THANK YOU. ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE U.S. HAVE -- THIS ONE PARTICULAR DARYL. >> ALL I HAVE GOT TO SAY IS IRAQ. HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS BUT I
THINK THIS MAN IS A TYRANT. HE HAS KILLED AN ESTIMATED 5,000 CHILDREN A MONTH IN HIS >> Vukelich: THANK YOU FROM THIS MAN HAS TO GO AND TIME >> STEVE: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DON'T THINK ANYONE AGREES THAT BY ANY STRETCH. NEVER CREATED PEACE AND I WHEREVER THEY ARE, HERE AT NO. >> Vukelich: THE VOTES SEEM TO BE GOING AGAINST MOVING ON 900 VOTES AGAINST OUR ACTION -- A MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ AND
YOU ARE ON THE LINE. >> SUE: I AM VOTING NO. DEFEATING SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL A MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ AND
YOU ARE ON THE LINE. >> SUE: I AM VOTING NO. UNITE WORLD DRIVING: >> WE A VOTE ON >> I TO >> WE NEED TO FIX THE ECONOMY >> YOU ARE ON THE Stateline, TONIGHT'S CALL-IN. >> I AM IN FAVOR OF THE WAR. FRANCE AND GERMANY, LOOK WHAT WE DID FOR THEM AND THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE U.S. HOW DID WE GET THAT WAY? WE DID IT BECAUSE WE ARE A >> Vukelich: AND A STRONG BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL. >> Vukelich: THAT IS IT FOR KENW IN PORTALES AND KRWG IN WITH ANOTHER EPISODE OF
BE SAFE.
Series
Stateline New Mexico
Episode Number
206
Episode
The Voice of War
Producing Organization
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contributing Organization
New Mexico PBS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-191-7634tvkn
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Episode Description
The Voice of War – should we wage war with Iraq? Has George W. Bush made a convincing case to the American people for going to war? Where do New Mexicans stand on this issue that has the rest of America so deeply divided? On Wednesday, March 19 New Mexico Public Television provides a public forum for all New Mexicans to be heard on why they support or oppose war with Iraq. In this special program, host Dan Vukelich examines the pros and cons of war as citizens from throughout the state voice their concerns, opinions and insights. Through KNME’s toll free number, viewers will be able to have their voice heard on this momentous issue. Viewers will also be able to register their support or opposition to war on an unscientific web poll during the program.
Broadcast Date
2003-03-19
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:28:39.552
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Credits
Host: Vukelich, Dan
Producer: Lawrence, John
Producer: Vukelich, Dan
Producing Organization: KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
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KNME
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Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:27:05
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Chicago: “Stateline New Mexico; 206; The Voice of War,” 2003-03-19, New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-7634tvkn.
MLA: “Stateline New Mexico; 206; The Voice of War.” 2003-03-19. New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-7634tvkn>.
APA: Stateline New Mexico; 206; The Voice of War. Boston, MA: New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-7634tvkn