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11.13.2003
Support Our Jacksonville.com: Metro: Anti-Iraq war veterans pulled from parade 11/12/03: "Members of Veterans For Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War were yanked off a downtown Tallahassee street, directly in front of the Old Capitol, while marching in the holiday parade they had legitimately registered in." When I spent a MLK day out marching in a parade with Tulsa Peace Fellowship I met a great guy that had fought in the Gulf War. After the parade we each decided to walk back to the parking lot together. I was a little bit curious to see what his opinions were from his perspective as a former serviceman. I was fully prepared to have my opinions changed by his superior experience in this matter. I was relieved to find he shared many of the same beliefs that I did. He opposed the (then) coming war in Iraq and he didnt see any problem with supporting the troops while opposing the war. In fact it always seemed a dereliction of duty as citizens to rubber stamp any war that the leaders want to promote without first demanding justification first. It seemed wrong to assume that support for a war should be our default position instead of opposition to that war. To proceed with that war before gaining the earned support seems foolish. The lessons from Vietnam seem to cut two ways; either you think that we should have unconditional support for all wars or you think that we should make sure each war is well understood, supported and planned before we decide to proceed. The former attitude promotes unconditional support for any and all wars as the best way of showing support for the troops. The latter promotes supporting the troops by only sending them to fight in a justified war. link via atrios | |
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