[lbo-talk] Re: Jimmy Carter: mustn't impede the war

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 7:26 AM -0600 4/2/03, LouPaulsen wrote:
>Carter: Americans Should Support Troops
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>By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press Writer
>
>LITTLE ROCK - Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans should 
>support troops fighting the war in Iraq (news - web sites) and he 
>hopes they return quickly with a minimal loss of life to both the 
>coalition forces and Iraqis.
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>Carter said that, since the war has begun, he would remain quiet and 
>express support for the troops.
<snip>
>"I think it's perfectly legitimate for people to express their own 
>assessment of a very complex situation, even though those 
>assessments might be contrary to one another," he said. "Such 
>dissent in a democracy is appropriate, *****just as long as we don't 
>do anything or say anything that might detract from the ability of 
>our troops overseas to return home successfully.*****"

That's the basic problem of the "Support Our Troops" rhetoric.

At 6:56 AM -0800 4/2/03, eric dorkin wrote:
>for such insight, one should get the Nobel PEACE Prize

The prize in this case is evocative of two of the meanings of the 
word "peace": to "hold one's peace" = to be silent; and to "keep the 
peace" = to maintain law and order.
-- 
Yoshie

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