Say No to the War

To the Editors:

I oppose the war for reasons similar to those officially held by groups such as OCAW and A.N.S.W.E.R: the practicality of peace (Military funding instead towards pending domestic issues, preventing large American casualties and also unnecessary Middle Eastern casualties, maintaining healthy relations with international governments, etc.), the uselessness, hypocrisy, absurdity of a war in Iraq, and preventing an imperialistic American legacy (furthermore) headed by the likes of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and equally-minded others.
But I do not maintain these reasons (for peace) because I believe them to be intrinsically good, but rather because in the context of this war on Iraq they remain the logical alternatives. Had the war been a necessary course of action (which I admit cannot be known at this point) such as was WWII, then justification for peaceful dealings would have been inappropriate.

–Carlos Gil
College first-year