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A great way of life. ?
Khaki fantasy
This is an open letter to all those
young men (and perhaps some
women) who rushed right on
down to the Marine Recruiting
Center — or even thought about it
— to fight for their country against
the "hostile" forces in Grenada.
I wonder if part of your heroic
fantasy includes coming home a
paraplegic, a quadriplegic, arriv
ing back in the States with no
penis or perhaps half of your face
missing, your ear drums blown
out. I'll bet not. Most young
Americans have been socialized
for violence as larvae on the foot
ball field so they can emerge,
powerful and invincible but
terflies of the battlefield.
Violence is a way of life in
America. Fifty percent of all
women are beaten by their part
ners. Child abuse statistics are
painfully overwhelming. The
elderly are being told they must
forgo medical treatment and the
basic necessities of life (food and
shelter) so we re safe from com
munism — safe to live in poverty?
Do we in America really have it so
together that we can justify polic
ing the world enforcing our "bet
ter way of life”?
So, those of you ready to be
maimed for freedom, examine
your mental construct for the ex
perience of war. What kinds of im
ages come to mind with words
like FIGHT, KILL, WIN? Before you
make the biggest decision of your
life, go talk to a Vietnam combat
vet. There are countless
thousands who went to war in
Vietnam with sincere but naive
ideas of "making the world safe
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whose values have been changed
by the experience of war and find
out why. Visit a VA hospital.
Observe there the ghosts of
heroes past. Talk with them. Ask
them if they feel the world is a bet
ter place to live through their
violent efforts. Wonder about the
kind of education you've been
given in America. Wonder why
you never had a class in conflict
management, international rela
tions and problem-solving, non
violence. Consider that there
might be some alternative ways to
serve humanity besides the dona
tion of life and/or limb. Ecological
ly, this planet is hellbent for
destruction. There has yet to be
found an answer to the problem
of nuclear waste. Acid rain has
already destroyed thousands of
lakes and polluted acres of land.
50,000 people die of starvation
every day on our planet earth.
Solar technology offers us much
hope as a power source but more
people are needed to educate the
public and convert obsolete
systems and minds.
Using violence to solve pro
blems has been the "American
way" since Columbus intentional
ly gave small pox infested
blankets to the Indians.
By continuing this Neanderthal
approach for the resolution of dif
ferences in ideology with other
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countries, the U.S. military and
the Soviet military now threaten
the existence of every human be
ing, plant and animal.
If you really want to fight a war,
please let it be the war on ig
norance, arrogance and global in
justice perpetuated by the Reagan
administration — all puppets for
multinational corporations.
To roughly quote former
presidents John F. Kennedy and
Ike Eisenhower, we must learn to
live together in peace or we will
die together in the flames of hell.
Leslie Hunter
university staff
Ominous
In their understandable concern
and preoccupation with the
deployment of U.S. Cruise and
Pershing II missiles to Western
Europe anti-nuclear war
demonstrators have overlooked
an equally ominous development:
the soon to be consumated sale of
Trident submarine missiles to Bri
tain. This largely unnoticed action
will be the most destructive arms
sale in history as it will enable the
most marginal of nuclear powers
not only the ability to maintain its
nuclear capabilities but to
dramatically expand them.
With little debate the United
States agreed in 1978 to sell Britain
about 100 Trident missiles, to
replace the aging Polaris sub
marine missiles purchased nearly
20 years ago. Equipped with the
British Chevaline warhead, these
missiles will give Britain more
than ten times as many warheads
capable of striking Soviet territory
as today. This one sale will
transform Britain, changing it
from a regional power to a
superpower.
The sale will further complicate
the Intermediate Nuclear Force
(INF) talks. The Soviets continue
to insist that Britain and France be
r
included in any European theatre
talks. Their insistence is based on
understandable fears that British
and French modernization will
add far more accurate missile
warheads to Western inventories
than the Pershing and cruise
deployment.
A U.S. decision not to make the
sale, combined with a British deci
sion to phase out the remaining
Polaris boats, could be an impor
tant part of a European INF agree
ment. It would also aid the global
non-proliferation effort which is
badly in need of help.
Those concerned about averting
nuclear war should protest this
sale.
David Isenberg
Eugene
Senseless
It is Friday. As I sit here in a ston
ed condition, I ponder the enigma
of my future. What do the signs of
Grenada and Lebanon lead me to
believe?
You see, like a fool, I was stupid
enough to register for the draft,
thinking of course that the world
was in a stable condition. But, I
learn of 200-plus Marines dying in
Beirut. It seems so much like the
past; the Reagan administration
willing to let a few boys die
overseas in an effort to justify a
war.
I also learn of Grenada. We are
essentially at war with Cuba. W'hat
effect does that have on relations
with the Soviet Union? The visions
of a nuclear freeze dim as rela
tions dwindle. Yes, I would say my
future looks bleak.
When the draft is enacted in the
next year, will I go voluntarily? At
this point, I think not. I can't help
feeling that current conflicts in
the world are senseless. Should
not rationality prevail? Cannot
good overcome evil? Peace defeat
conflict?
Christopher Green
political science
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