Word: unjustness
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...light of Vietnam, the current situation is alarming in at least two respects. First, we fought in Vietnam without a clear mandate of Congressional and public support for our intervention. That was unjust and unfair primarily to the soldiers we sent to fight, for they were sent to fight without well-defined strategic goals (the absence of which would have at least been highlighted by full national debate); and when society turned against the war, our soldiers returned to a nation which did not welcome them. We must--for the benefit of the men and women who wear the uniform...
...only solution is universal conscription--no exemptions, no deferments. The draft got a bad rap because of its association with an unpopular war, but it remains the best insurance against unjust wars...
...Harvard and Radcliffe alumni ("legacies") and recruited athletes. We have pointed to disparate admission rates that suggest that the fabled "tips" given to these groups are, in fact, hard shoves. We have argued that doling out special privileges to legacies because of the accident of their births is unjust and anachronistic. We have contended that admitting marginally qualified students who happen to be able to play hockey or football is an unconscionable compromise of Harvard's touted academic standards...
What was the difference? Simply, Iraq. The U.S. did not suddenly realize that the occupation was unjust. It was the Iraqi invasion that prompted the U.S. to reverse its "Israel right or wrong" policy, thus showing that the U.S. would consistently place interest above "friendship." This is the Bush Doctrine's double edge...
...Iraq's occupation of Kuwait is unjust -- but so is Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The U.S. is being hypocritical by threatening to oppose the first with military force if necessary but doing nothing about the second. In any case, there can be no peace in the Middle East unless both are solved -- simultaneously...