Spring Break
Stop-Loss Protest Unpersuasive, Futile
Rob Casapulla
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: Commentary
Now liberals are left with military deaths and trying to rewrite the arguments for going into Iraq in the first place. They claim that the sole purpose was to find weapons of mass destruction. In his 2002 State of the Union Address President Bush laid out his reasons for going to Iraq they were that Saddam Hussein had a history of defying the United Nations sanctions and weapons inspectors, he had a history of using and pursuing biological and chemical weapons, he had killed large segments of his country's population, he operated rape rooms and torture chambers for political dissidents and he had a history of harboring al Qaeda operatives in his country. Today this has been boiled down to Bush went into Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and oil.
According to The Daily Campus the participants from UConn returned "empowered" from their spring break in Washington. One even told The Daily Campus "You don't really need a critical mass of people to get things done," meanwhile Congress went on Easter recess a week later, apparently their orders need to be re-issued.
Associate Commentary Editor Rob Casapulla is an 8th-semester political science major. His column appears on Mondays. He can be contacted at Robert.Casapulla@UConn.edu.
According to The Daily Campus the participants from UConn returned "empowered" from their spring break in Washington. One even told The Daily Campus "You don't really need a critical mass of people to get things done," meanwhile Congress went on Easter recess a week later, apparently their orders need to be re-issued.
Associate Commentary Editor Rob Casapulla is an 8th-semester political science major. His column appears on Mondays. He can be contacted at Robert.Casapulla@UConn.edu.
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Dan
posted 3/31/08 @ 9:49 AM EST
I don't see any reason to attack Cindy Sheehan. Maybe if she had been at a protest or done anything at all this year there would be a point. But to call her an "old bat" ad make other insulting comments about her isn't smart or funny just degrading to yourself. (Continued…)
Independent Conservative
posted 3/31/08 @ 9:50 AM EST
Some comments:
1)True, there have "only" been 4000 deaths in 5 years, however, there have been roughly 30,000 injured soldiers, many of them having sustained horrific injuries that if it were not for modern medical technology would have been deaths. (Continued…)
Joe
posted 3/31/08 @ 11:39 AM EST
The movie is demonstrating that there is a back door draft. Throwing in the purpose of invading Iraq and ranting about liberals is irrelevant. Once again Rob Casapulla gives the daily campus another poorly written article consisting of flawed logic and non sequiturs. (Continued…)
Kaitlyn N.
posted 3/31/08 @ 12:05 PM EST
Just a little clarification:
The Students for a Democratic Society's "Funk the War" protest happened the week after the "Our Spring Break" Stop-Loss Congress initiative, and while many of the participants were the same from UConn, the two events each had their own purpose and mandate. (Continued…)
KH
posted 3/31/08 @ 1:10 PM EST
Yeah, he does seem to be saying "We shouldn't leave until there's enough dead troops!". Of course, that's just because he couldn't write his way out of a paper bag. (Continued…)
Independent Conservative
posted 3/31/08 @ 2:18 PM EST
What's up Casapulla, are you or are you not going to ENLIST?
Thomas Ruyle
posted 5/11/08 @ 6:36 AM EST
Obviously, Mr. Casapulla, you have never served in the US Armed Forces. You know nothing of serving in the military, going through basic training, serving, going to Iraq, or losing friends in combat. (Continued…)
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