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...draft arguments are backed by an underlying, unstated assumption: The government has a right to claim the lives of its citizens. And this is where I object...
...perceive a woman as a sexual object is to deny the value of her feelings and thoughts. And to act based on this perception in the process of sex, to use her at that moment as an object, a means of furthering self-interest, is to take from her her very self...
...when a mine-clearing reconnaissance unit ventured into As Salman's hilltop fort that France suffered its only two deaths in the war. A paratrooper stooped to pick up a greenish, tangerine-shape object, and it exploded in his face, killing him and a soldier standing nearby. Would-be rescuers tripped a similar explosive device, wounding 25. The munitions turned out to be antipersonnel cluster bombs that had been dropped earlier by U.S. aircraft. But after the smoke had cleared and an unchallenged French line lay strung across a third of Iraq's width, Paris felt it had grounds...
There is a legitimate place for deception in wartime. If misleading Saddam about, say, when the ground war starts required deceiving citizens of the allied countries as well, few journalists would object. The test is simple: Is the genuine purpose to deny truth to the enemy? To deny truth to the folks back home because they might not handle it properly is to deny the premise of democracy. Real patriots don't do that...
...purpose of this letter is not to convince people that U.S. involvement in the Gulf War is wrong or right. The object is to encourage those people who are against the war to take the side that they truly believe in, without being confused by the misuse of the phrase "support for the troops...