Letters to the Editor 03-24-2003
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Understanding Protests - Evil Practice
Understanding Protests
Editor, Times-Union:I was having a very hard time understanding the motive behind the war protests within the United States. While I strongly respect and support the decision our president has made to go to war with Iraq, I still want to be able to understand the protesters; I wanted to understand what could cause such a sharp divide in our country.
Could it be that they have a genuine concern for the Iraqi people and are worried about civilian casualties? No, if that were true then they would have been protesting for the last 20 years as Saddam tortured, gassed and murdered hundreds of thousands. Perhaps they are concerned about the aftermath of war and images of hungry children searching through a wasted landscape for food.ÊNope, that can't be it either, because so many Iraqi families were already under nourished and starving, and there was no protest about that either.Ê Well then, it must be a sincere and righteous movement based on the fact that all human life is precious and no human should ever kill another; oh wait, there was little protesting about the 40 million children aborted right in our own back yard.
But I think I did find the reason the other night while watching the news. After the usual hoopla about all the protesting and rock throwing and blocked traffic and waving signs degrading our president, there was a brief segment about a small dusty Iraqi village that had been liberated by the Coalition forces. On the faces of these Iraqi civilians, I could see a cautious hope, a sincere smile, and a genuine look of gratitude towards our troops. Such a stark contrast to the angry, bitter faces of the protesters.
All the protesting and marching wasn't about the war, or civilians being killed, or any concern for the Iraqi people. It's just a group of people so selfish, so self-centered and so close-minded that they don't want anything as messy as war interfering with their day to day lives. After all, what's in it for them?
Joe Scheiber
Kimmell
via e-mail
Evil Practice
Editor, Times-Union:I completely support our president and troops in the upcoming disarmament of Iraq and the removal of Hussein. Iraq poses a real threat to our security and Hussein is a menace to his own people and a threat to all. It is our obligation as the strongest and most privileged nation on the planet to protect ourselves and others from terror and to rescue the oppressed from tyrants. My question is, how can we wage war on moral grounds when our own nation permits the slaughter of countless unborn lives every day? Do many Americans honestly believe that an infant who has had the great fortune to see the light of day is priceless while one who has not is only a precious life if his mother so decides? It amazes me that heroic efforts and tens of thousands of dollars are spent to preserve a premature infant's life and at the same time, a poor unfortunate soul of the same gestational age is seen as the remnants of a surgical procedure. This is insane. Lives are inherently priceless. One's life worth is not subjective to the opinion of any other person. Let us take this opportunity to open our eyes to the atrocities occurring "legally" all around us. May God grant us the courage to find ways to remove this evil practice from our great country just as those brave souls before us rid the nation of the scourge of slavery.
Melissa Waikel
Milford
via e-mail
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Understanding Protests
Editor, Times-Union:I was having a very hard time understanding the motive behind the war protests within the United States. While I strongly respect and support the decision our president has made to go to war with Iraq, I still want to be able to understand the protesters; I wanted to understand what could cause such a sharp divide in our country.
Could it be that they have a genuine concern for the Iraqi people and are worried about civilian casualties? No, if that were true then they would have been protesting for the last 20 years as Saddam tortured, gassed and murdered hundreds of thousands. Perhaps they are concerned about the aftermath of war and images of hungry children searching through a wasted landscape for food.ÊNope, that can't be it either, because so many Iraqi families were already under nourished and starving, and there was no protest about that either.Ê Well then, it must be a sincere and righteous movement based on the fact that all human life is precious and no human should ever kill another; oh wait, there was little protesting about the 40 million children aborted right in our own back yard.
But I think I did find the reason the other night while watching the news. After the usual hoopla about all the protesting and rock throwing and blocked traffic and waving signs degrading our president, there was a brief segment about a small dusty Iraqi village that had been liberated by the Coalition forces. On the faces of these Iraqi civilians, I could see a cautious hope, a sincere smile, and a genuine look of gratitude towards our troops. Such a stark contrast to the angry, bitter faces of the protesters.
All the protesting and marching wasn't about the war, or civilians being killed, or any concern for the Iraqi people. It's just a group of people so selfish, so self-centered and so close-minded that they don't want anything as messy as war interfering with their day to day lives. After all, what's in it for them?
Joe Scheiber
Kimmell
via e-mail
Evil Practice
Editor, Times-Union:I completely support our president and troops in the upcoming disarmament of Iraq and the removal of Hussein. Iraq poses a real threat to our security and Hussein is a menace to his own people and a threat to all. It is our obligation as the strongest and most privileged nation on the planet to protect ourselves and others from terror and to rescue the oppressed from tyrants. My question is, how can we wage war on moral grounds when our own nation permits the slaughter of countless unborn lives every day? Do many Americans honestly believe that an infant who has had the great fortune to see the light of day is priceless while one who has not is only a precious life if his mother so decides? It amazes me that heroic efforts and tens of thousands of dollars are spent to preserve a premature infant's life and at the same time, a poor unfortunate soul of the same gestational age is seen as the remnants of a surgical procedure. This is insane. Lives are inherently priceless. One's life worth is not subjective to the opinion of any other person. Let us take this opportunity to open our eyes to the atrocities occurring "legally" all around us. May God grant us the courage to find ways to remove this evil practice from our great country just as those brave souls before us rid the nation of the scourge of slavery.
Melissa Waikel
Milford
via e-mail
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