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Americans, haunted by the stern visage of Woodrow Wilson, are loath to confess that they do not act for reasons of morality alone. We would rather not admit that one reason to resist Saddam Hussein is that we are not prepared to see the economies of the West wrecked by the ambition of a foreign tyrant. Indeed, some American critics think it a fatal moral criticism of the gulf war to say that if Kuwait had only sand and no oil, the U.S. would not have rushed to its defense...
Adams House resident Eugene Stern '92 agreed that opinion seems to be split along house lines...
...Adams may be trying to set a record for the most arrests in protests," said Stern, who feels the U.S. should have given the sanctions against Iraq more time to work...
...want to be pissed off about it in private," Stern said. "It doesn't seem like this is the right time to yell and scream...
...short speech noted the curious intermingling of doubt and joy enveloping the world: "Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grownups share to the full their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before...