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Admirable bipartisanship. Democrats have the country with them against the war in Iraq but aren't acting to end it. Why? This war is the major blunder in American foreign policy. We ought to free ourselves from our troop involvement. But if you look back on Vietnam, it wasn't until 1973 that we passed the resolution that actually halted troops and money. There's no question that this is a slow-moving institution, and it's no new statement to say that we are behind what's happening out in the countryside...
...Faces of Iran" [Feb. 26], in which you pictured Iranians from various walks of life: There ought to be a law that every major news outlet must run features like this anytime the U.S. government openly contemplates military action. If we think we know what is best for another nation, then we ought to be able to look its ordinary citizens straight in the eyes before killing them for their own good. And please spare those people speeches about how it is only their government we hate, not them. If the whole world operated by that standard, Prime Minister Tony...
...time when Harvard is reevaluating its academic and curricular goals, the administration ought to reassert its commitment to developing South Asian Studies at Harvard. As students, we have done everything in our power to provide the university with extensive data on the current state of South Asian Studies at Harvard and at peer institutions; with statistics and recommendations illustrating undergraduate student desires; and with the endorsement of the larger student community. The onus now lies on the administration to implement these much-needed changes. In the words of former president Summers, “There is an enormous need...
...points and round out the Crimson scoring. Despite the team’s small numbers and stiff competition, team members were disappointed with the results. “I would hope that if we need any extra motivation, scoring eight points at a meet like that ought to give it to us,” Barrett said. “It was pretty embarrassing to not even reach double digits at the biggest meet of the year.” Princeton won the men’s event with 154 points, barely edging Cornell’s total...
...Criticism of the war surely is dispiriting to the soldiers who are engaged in it. If you're killing and risking death in a miserable faraway desert, you ought to be able to believe that your sacrifice is in a worthy cause. But whose fault is it if that belief is hard to sustain? Is it the fault of people who note that the cause is not worthy? Or is it the fault of the people who sent American soldiers into this distant desert in an unworthy cause...