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...before the initiation of the Iraq war that Washington would soon endorse the "road map" to Israeli-Palestinian peace had Blair's fingerprints all over it. But in some ways, this understates Blair's broader impact. For a whole section of centrist and liberal opinion in America, Blair's endorsement of regime change in Baghdad helped solidify support for war, especially among influential elites, as well as making Blair a hero in the American heartland. And his almost masochistic willingness to expose himself to debate, animosity and relentless criticism at home made his pro-war stance seem, to skeptics...
...recent Comment by Nikki B. Usher ’03 (“Just Moderates,” March 21) makes a confused distinction between the pro-war position and a so-called “moderate” one. Moderates, according to Usher, are frightened and saddened by the war in Iraq but support it nonetheless as the only way to dismantle an intolerable global threat. In fact, however, this is precisely the pro-war position. No one on this campus wants war for the sake of war, no matter how strongly they may display their approval...
...glad that Usher’s own “moderate” opinion is actually a pro-war one, because, despite the results of The Crimson’s Friday poll, the question of war really shouldn’t allow for in-betweens. We can’t “somewhat” send our troops into battle. When so many lives are at stake, every citizen has a responsibility to take a stand. This doesn’t mean that we all should choose sides and line up for a battle of the bullhorns in Harvard...
Student supporters of the war were more low key in their efforts—while some may have attended the smaller pro-war rallies that dotted the Boston area and the nation, there was no organized Harvard contingent...
Silvestri said that, as far as he knew, no HRC members had attended any pro-war rallies over break. On Saturday, 2,000 people attended a rally on Cape Cod in support of troops...