But lets be realistic, there is a very real threat in Saddam Hussein. According to a CNN poll eighty-six percent of Americans feel that Iraq is a threat. (CNN) Protesters must understand that peace is unattainable when an entire country (Iraq) despises our nation. Protesters feel that it is not necessary to fight, however, they overlook the fact that the constitution that allows them the right to protest was won through war. They must also understand that war has also helped protect that right they are privileged to use. This war is not for oil as many protesters believe, but in turn to protect their non-patriotic movements. The definition of a patriot is, "one who loves his country and zealously guards its welfare (Webster 531)." Protesting for peace is not guarding our nations welfare, when one man (Hussein) wants to destroy our way of life. Instead of protesting against our country, how about protesting in support of our troops who will most likely die protecting your constitutional right to protest. And when all is said and done, be peaceful that your still alive and not suffering at the hands of tyranny. John Stuart Mill said:.
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which .
is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. (Mill).
I read this quote and can only pray that a protester comes along to see that protesting for peace is the safest way to keep what they already have. But like Mill says you can not be free for something you are not willing to fight for.
Earlier I mentioned how the protest was a hypocrisy of what they were pleading for. The flyers, posted all over campus, said "Books Not War.
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