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To
the
editor,
I would
like
to voice
my opinion
concerning
your
article
[“Faculty
members
take
Bush
to task
over
military
aggression
toward
Iraq”
Vanderbilt
Register,
Oct.
14-27,
www.vanderbilt.edu/register/Sep30_02/20021009teachin.html].
Just
by reading
the
opinions
voiced
by the
faculty
and
students
quoted,
I have
come
to the
conclusion
that
probably
none
of these
people
have
ever
served
a day
of military
duty
in their
lives.
In my
opinion,
most
of these
people
are
radical
left-sided
liberals.
If we
were
to take
action
against
Iraq,
we would
not
be doing
it strictly
on U.S.
interests
alone.
The
leadership
of Iraq
is a
danger
to every
one
of its
border
countries
and
possibly
to every
single
freedom
loving
democratic
society
in the
world.
A pre-emptive
war
is not
a sign
of arrogance
by any
means.
If we
do not
act,
and
Iraq
is more
advanced
than
we believe
them
to be
with
their
NBC
weapons,
then
most
of these
doubters
would
be questioning
why
[George
W.]
Bush
did
not
act
soon
enough.
We should
exhaust
all
diplomatic
means
necessary,
which
we are
close
to doing,
then
and
only
then
should
we use
military
force.
President
Bush
has
plainly
made
the
case
for
action
against
Iraq.
The
views
expressed
by many
of the
speakers
and
students
in your
article
are
like
a slap
in the
face
to any
and
all
veterans
that
have
fought
and
spilled
their
blood
so that
we may
have
the
freedoms
that
we enjoy
today.
I would
hope
that
once
we do
take
action
against
Iraq,
they
would
rally
behind
our
leaders
and
troops.
Ron
Long
CPL
91B
Medic
278th
ACR
TN Army
National
Guard
To
the
editor,
As a
nurse
at VUMC
I am
tired
of just
hearing
the
one
sided
liberal
view
coming
from
the
campus's
newspapers.
I am
yet
to see
a conservative
view
shown
in a
favorable
light.
I thought
the
article
[“Faculty
members
take
Bush
to task
over
military
aggression
toward
Iraq,
“
Vanderbilt
Register,
Oct.
14-27,
www.vanderbilt.edu/register/Sep30_02/20021009teachin.html]
condescending
and
offensive.
No one
is for
"killing"
but
appeasement
never
brings
peace.
Just
ask
Israel.
The
more
land
given
up the
more
land
that
is demanded
by the
Palestineans
and
the
more
they
are
attacked.
The
same
people
who
protest
our
protecting
our
freedom
are
the
ones
who
asked
after
Sept.
11 why
our
government
did
not
protect
us.
Did
doing
nothing
save
us from
Sept
11?
If your
faculty
thinks
it can
do a
better
job
of running
the
country
and
protecting
us then
they
need
to submit
their
ideas
to President
[George
W.]
Bush
along
with
their
critical
letter.
I do
not
look
to them
anyway
for
wisdom
or direction
and
it is
scary
to me
that
they
are
teaching
our
young
Americans
to cower
in exchange
for
peace.
Political
correctness
has
severely
weakened
our
country.
Yes,
we can
sit
back
and
never
defend
ourselves
again
but
I personally
don't
want
to walk
outside
and
see
a flag
from
Iraq
in place
of "Old
Glory".
As Patrick
Henry
said,
"Any
Nation
that
would
trade
liberty
for
peace
deserves
neither."
Sincerely,
Lia
Freeman
RN VUMC
Posted
10/18/02
at 10
a.m.
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