[Vision2020] Anti-War Rhetoric

[John Harrell]

Could all the anti-war rhetoric cause morale problems with your troops?
Could this morale problem have our troops second-guessing what they are
doing and their committment, and cause them to lose "the edge" needed to 
survive? Could this then cause our troops to be killed? Is it then fair 
to say that anti-war protesting can cause our troops to be killed? 

See below for some of the rhetoric.

Cheers!
John Harrell

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"A Columbia University professor told thousands of students and faculty that
he would like to see 'a million Mogadishus' -- referring to the 1993 ambush
in Somalia that killed 18 Americans and inspired the movie 'Black Hawk Down.
'  The professor, Nicholas De Genova, also called for the defeat of U.S.
forces in Iraq and said, 'The only true heroes are those who find ways that
help defeat the U.S. military.' And he asserted that Americans who call
themselves 'patriots' are white supremacists."

- Associated Press, 3/28/03  
[ CU website: npd18@columbia.edu ]

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"Even if civilian casualties in Iraq are light, expect a great deal of
attention to the subject in the days ahead.  In a numbers-obsessed society,
focusing relentlessly on the details of innocents - and inflating the
numbers, if necessary - is a conventional way of undermining support for the
war."

- Columnist John Leo

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"Another annoyance: I was flipping through the cable news channels and came
across someone who was sadly reporting that only about 34 percent of the
country now thought the war was going well.

"That 34 percent number was shocking. So. I looked it up.  Here's the scoop:
The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll asked: 'How would you say the war with
Iraq has gone for the U.S. so far: very well, moderately well, moderately
badly, or very badly?'  As the commentator suggested, 34% said 'very well.'

"But what he neglected to say was that 51% said it was going 'moderately
well.' Put together, fully EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT of those polled had a
favorable view toward the conduct of the war."

- Rich Galen, Mullings.com, 3/28/03



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