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| Congressional approval for war arguably
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Glenn Cook
Class of 1989
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To The Editor:
Mr. Nix, in his haste to assail President [George
W.] Bush, makes one egregious error in his commentary (Sept. 10);
an error, in my opinion, that invalidates his commentary and reduces
it to nothing more than a whiny rant against the President and the
US. Here is the quote directly from Mr. Nix’ commentary, “Congressional
support is a good idea, seeing how the United States has not had
it before going to war since World War II.” If Mr. Nix is willing
to make such an outlandish and untrue statement and assert it as
fact, how can anyone take the rest of his diatribe seriously? The
President had Congressional support for the Vietnam War via the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. I know many people contend the President
overstepped the intentions of that resolution with his actions in
Vietnam, but there was Congressional support in the beginning nonetheless.
There was Congressional support for the Gulf War of the early 90s
and Congress has already drafted a resolution authorizing the President
to take the necessary measures in response to the terrorist attacks
of 9-11.
I understand that this was a forum for Mr. Nix
to present his views, but his total disregard for fact strips his
commentary of any credibility. Perhaps a bit more research would
be useful next time. It might, at least, make his whining readable.
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| Desperation not an excuse for unbridled
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Benjamin Kweskin
sophomore
BK47680 |
To The Editor:
James Nix is naive and misinterpreting the Israeli-Palestinian
situation. First of all, the only atrocities are being carried out
by the Palestinian terrorist groups (as stated by the State Department)
and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In Palestinian
children’s textbooks, there is blatant anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism,
calling for Jihad and the “liberation of ALL Palestine.”
Israel is not 100% perfect but at least in the schools there is
tolerance and understanding of other peoples and they do not call
for “war with the Muslims.”
Mr. Nix talks about the desperation of the Palestinians
who blow themselves up next to babies, grandmothers, and other CIVILIANS
who are unarmed and utterly defenseless. Desperation is NOT a justification
to commit “crimes against humanity.” There are plenty
of people who are desperate. Do Kurds blow themselves up in crowded
ice cream shops in Istanbul, Teheran, or Baghdad because a state
is more important to them than life itself?
Do not excuse such institutionalized hatred of
the Jewish people and the State of Israel because of what you see
in the news.
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