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| Pacifists, And Why I Hate Them |
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| Well my fellow CSULB students, winter break is over, but the "War On Terrorism" (no matter how clich� that sounds) is still raging strong.� As I look in the newspaper and walk around campus, however, I see many a misguided soul.� I remember an article in this newspaper last semester that was accompanied by a photograph showing some hippies on the grass holding signs and saying that President Bush is a warmonger and that this war is ridiculous.� Please, you smelly hippies, go back to making magic beads.� |
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| Why, exactly, is this war unnecessary?� Is it a stupid notion to protect ourselves?� If I recall correctly, about a year and four months ago two planes were flown into two of our most important buildings, killing thousands of Americans and injuring countless others.� Since then, we have had hundreds of threats from an assortment of wackos who want to kill us, threats ranging from bombing landmarks to gassing us with chemical agents.� What in the world is wrong with all of you pacifist buffoons here on campus?� Why should we not protect ourselves?� If someone came up and punched you in the face (which is essentially what happened to us, as a country, on September 11th, 2001), are you just going to stand by and do nothing?� I think not. |
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| Sure, President Bush isn't the most articulate of men (cue collective snicker), but it is my firm belief that we, as Americans, should stand behind him and stick up for our country (I know that sounded wrong), regardless of how much we don't care for the man.� Now I know what all of you brilliant anti-war people are thinking right now: "what about all the atrocities the United States has committed over the years against other people?"� I've got two words for you: who cares?� What in the world does that have to do with the issue at hand?� In fact, I will go as far as to say that the United States has less blood on its hands than most countries.� Allow me to go through a small laundry list of what the United States has recently done to help other countries: we fought in the Gulf War to liberate Kuwait, preventing a staggering increase in oil prices that could have followed; we successfully ended the disgusting Hitler-tactics Slobodan Milosevic was using to kill his people; we send much financial and economic aid to poor and impoverished countries year after year; we provide a safe refuge for many people looking to escape their overbearing countries; we ousted the extremely oppressive Taliban from power in Afghanistan, liberating hundreds of Afghanis; the list can go on and on.� The United States has done quite a number of acts of good for so many other countries so what's the problem with defending ourselves for a change? |
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| I really don't understand why college students feel the need to protest so many things.� As I mentioned earlier, one can see how many things college students seem to have problems with simply by walking around California State University, Long Beach.� You look to your left, there is a table with students protesting some ridiculous cause; you look to your right, there are a handful of students protesting against the students who are protesting across the way from them!� Let's face it, this war is not the same as Vietnam.� This is a different era and a different kind of war altogether!� This time around we aren't trying to stop Communism, we are trying to prevent more innocent American lives from being taken by a man whose name spelled backwards sounds out "mad ass."� Think about that the next time you raise that silly anti-war poster. |
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Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2003, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Letters To The Editor Regarding This Article: |
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No Case For War |
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(from February 5, 2003) |
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Protest, An Exercise In Democracy |
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(from February 12, 2003) |
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