They are turning against (never really were for) the Troops!
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Columbia University Assistant Professor Nicholas De Genova, one of more than two dozen speakers at a "teach-in" on Wednesday night said, "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military." Newsday also quoted him as saying, "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus."
In an especially graphic image from the 1993 Mogadishu ambush and firefight, in which Somalis shot down two U.S. helicopters, a slain American soldier was dragged through the streets. The battle was portrayed in the film "Black Hawk Down."
The crowd of hundreds Wednesday night was largely silent as De Genova made the Mogadishu comment, but a number of them applauded later when he said, "If we really believe that this war is criminal ... then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine."
De Genova said in a telephone interview Thursday that he intended to show his support for oppressed Iraqis and to encourage them to fight against their oppressors, whether domestic or foreign.
In an especially graphic image from the 1993 Mogadishu ambush and firefight, in which Somalis shot down two U.S. helicopters, a slain American soldier was dragged through the streets. The battle was portrayed in the film "Black Hawk Down."
The crowd of hundreds Wednesday night was largely silent as De Genova made the Mogadishu comment, but a number of them applauded later when he said, "If we really believe that this war is criminal ... then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine."
De Genova said in a telephone interview Thursday that he intended to show his support for oppressed Iraqis and to encourage them to fight against their oppressors, whether domestic or foreign.
Rather shallow of you to overgeneralize due to an one or a few far outside the movement, with views much more radical than most. Having said that, this guy's statements, if accurate and in context, are appalling, in fact absurd. Who in good conscience could ever agree to his musings?
Not me, and I was proudly anti-war.
I can find equally absurd examples of moronic comments from the pro-war crowd, so what does that achieve?
Get off your incessant need to justify a war that was preventable
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Not me, and I was proudly anti-war.
I can find equally absurd examples of moronic comments from the pro-war crowd, so what does that achieve?
Get off your incessant need to justify a war that was preventable
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ends. Some of the protestors should be arrested and tried for SABOTOGE.
[This message was edited by outandup on 03-29-03 at 02:11 PM.]
[This message was edited by outandup on 03-29-03 at 02:11 PM.]
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by outandup:
ends. Some of the protestors should be arrested and tried for SABATOGE.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Except for that whole legality issue...
ends. Some of the protestors should be arrested and tried for SABATOGE.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Except for that whole legality issue...
are teaching you. Sabotoge is still illegal in the USA. Some of the protestors are commiting SABOTOGE in my opinion. Blocking the military at a time of war is sabotoge, blocking the use of public services could be sabotoge.
RFC,exactly.
I DON'T agree with this professor. And I think that by making a comment like this he was looking to make a point using shock-speak.
He was wrong and it backfired.
But to keep posting the article and this constant claiming that all pro-dissenters are pot-smoking hippies is so....1970.
To say that this one man represents all of that which is dissent in modern US is a grave error and is a gross underestimation of the intelligence of these protesters.
It would be as if the entire pro-war camp was equated with Bush. I would never do that to you.
The face of protest DOES change...even if the power structure does not.
He was wrong and it backfired.
But to keep posting the article and this constant claiming that all pro-dissenters are pot-smoking hippies is so....1970.
To say that this one man represents all of that which is dissent in modern US is a grave error and is a gross underestimation of the intelligence of these protesters.
It would be as if the entire pro-war camp was equated with Bush. I would never do that to you.
The face of protest DOES change...even if the power structure does not.
What did I tell ya?
