Schik wrote:
Personally, I have mixed feelings about the war - I\'m not sure what to think. I don\'t have super strong feelings about it either way.
As you may have guessed, I\'m decidedly anti-war. However, what most people don\'t realize is that I\'m not a pacifist. I understand that sometimes war is necessary (WWII, for example). I would support this war if and
only if there was indisputible proof of an imminent threat. I feel that the lack of evidence shows that there is no threat. In addition, if the government
has proof, then they should reveal it to the world\'s scrutiny.
Like I said, war is sometimes the only viable option. However, when this occurs, we need to look at the war and identify what happened that caused the war in the first place, and work to avoid it in the future. History can teach us many things, but unfortunately people often ignore it. It pains me to see people in America willingly give up their civil rights and accept what could easily turn into a police state. This is exactly what happened in Nazi Germany. Hitler may have been a terrible man, but he knew how to exploit the people\'s fears. By the way, I\'m Jewish and some of my ancestors died in concentration camps, so please don\'t say that I\'m justifying Hitler\'s actions. Someone once acussed me of being a Nazi when I said the above statement.
Oh, and Bradwall, I didn\'t come up with the \"
Bombing for peace...\"
quote. I saw it at a peace rally a while back and from what I\'m to understand it\'s been around since Vietnam. There are always great signs at peace rallys and marches.
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Matt O'Leary
Webb Institute
Class of 2007
"
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
-Groucho Marx