Friday, April 8, 1933
Daily Nebraskan
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Eric Peterson, in his column (Daily
'Nebraskan, April 4), seems to state that
the option exists to "pick and choose"
which war is worth fighting in. We cer
tainly do not want to get involved in a war
any more than Peterson, but we will not
go to the extreme that Peterson would to
avoid standing up for what we believe in.
Pick and choose what war you want to
attend? Ridiculous! No one can predeter
mine that a particular conflict is not worth
the time. Just because national security is
not immediately threatened does not mean
it will not be in the future.
An example? OK. Just what is the
purpose for Russia's invasion of Afghan
istan? Military experts state that the
Russians would be in an ideal position to
launch an attack on the oil fields of the
Middle East. The United States 'has an
interest there - an interest to protect
that which would sustain the livelihood of
its people - oil. Not worth fighting for?
Then just sit in the dark with no elect
ricity while you try to find your gasoline
ration card with a flashlight.
There are things worth fighting for, and
we do not realize that fact until we are
deprived of those things. The most amusing
line is Peterson's column is, "They saw and
heard Hitler, and decided to stop him."
How nice! Good thing they made the
decision, huh? That was not a time to
"decide" to stop Hitler, it was a time
to stop him, period. No deciding about
it.
We do not trust the Soviet Union in
the same way. No, we don't propose a
once-and-for-all showdown with the Soviet
Union. We do not believe it will neces
sarily come to that. What we do believe
is that somewhere, somehow, a war is
going to occur in which we must partici
pate to protect that which is in our
nation's interest.
Peterson slants the poll, which states
that 71 percent of Americans are willing
to participate in a war, by bemoaning the
fact that Americans are willing to fight
for what they believe in. Somehow, they is
supposed to sound terrible. What is so
terrible about protecting that nation,
America, that we like to call the model
for the world? We are gratified to hear
most Americans do not take their free
doms for granted.
What burns us the most is that those
who would be willing to protect their
country must carry the burden so that
others may sit back and enjoy the free
doms granted to all Americans without
taking any of the responsibilities.
John Albert
freshman, agriculture
James Fischer
freshman, pre-architecture
Paul Josoff
freshman, agriculture
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