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| Russell Greim is a senior business major and writes 'The Temporal Front' for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. |
The time for debate and protest has ended.
On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, these United States went to war. Our president, elected under the rules and regulations of the United States Constitution, made the most difficult decision a president must ever make.
Now it is time to become united behind our president and our troops, we must support them, regardless of our personal opinions on war.
Our constitution reads "Congress shall make no law respecting...the right of the people peaceably to assemble." The key word in that is peaceably. Peaceably does not mean blocking streets and disrupting trade. Peaceably does not mean destroying public and private property. Peaceably does not mean forcing thousands of police officers to mind you, taking them away from critical assignments such as fighting crime and criminal investigations. Peaceably does not describe many of the protests as of late.
Many of America's more respectable media outlets have started to draw attention to where these massive groups of protesters are getting their money. Unlike the Rally for America movement these organizations are anything but Grassroots.
Organizations who support these protests are the most un-American people one can imagine. I say this, not because they speak out against war, but because their military action allows them to attack America, its values, its president, and its world policy.
For example, the three largest groups behind these large and organized anti-war protests are: Workers World Party, Not in Our Name, and ANSWER. So here is the breakdown you won't be reading in the Daily News:
Workers World Party is self-admittedly Marxist in nature. Their support has been thrown in the direction of North Korea's mad dictator Kim Jon Il for many years. They have a long history of supporting communism and attacking capitalism and democracy; hence the name of "Workers World."
Not In our Name, which was involved in a recent protest in Muncie, is even better. It is bankrolled by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, or I.F.C.O. They have long been a supporter of Fidel Castro's Cuba. One director is quoted to have described it as a "utopia." Additionally, I.F.C.O. refused to stand with the United Nations, and refused to acknowledge UN sanctions when it traveled to Iraq in the mid-1990's.
ANSWER contains a hodgepodge of members from both anti-American organizations. It is an offshoot of the International Action Center, headed by Ramsey Clark. Clark moved after the 1991 gulf war to try and convict president H.W. Bush for war crimes. He did this without any international support or authority. Mr. Clark did not launch an investigation or criminal trial of Saddam Hussein.
Recent protesters have sworn to make this war "as expensive as possible" by shutting down streets, trade, day care centers and industry. They have vowed to disrupt the normal actions of the United States by "whatever means necessary."
It is time to get behind our troops. It is time to support our president. The decision has been made. Further protests and disruptive activities do nothing to make the case against war.
These protesters have to make a decision on which side they stand. They aren't protesting brutal treatment by Saddam's armies, or demanding him to disarm. They are protesting the United States of America.
That should tell you exactly which side these protesters support.
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