[jjr69] Re: Martin Luther King's Opposition to the War on Iraq
- From: Dung Luu <dungluu101@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jjr69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:12:39 -0800 (PST)
Dear chi Van (Do),
Thank you for the clarification! Dang nhai Lee's
sandwich for lunch..ca('n nham mieng o*t'...cay qua',
nen khi doc "Vietnam,unjust, dishonorable war"du`
pha't ra tu n'importe qui!) nen hoi bu*.c! Many people
had died for us to be here today! and they did not die
in vain.Please let those souls rest in peace!
FYI. way back to 1972 in Vietnam, with the
"Vietnamization" of the war, and after Mua He do?
Lua?, Lenh Tong Dong vien did not differentiate
tha`nh phan xa hoi phai di linh, (except women!).
Almost all of the Saigon University students got
drafted, many of them are from well to do family like
you said; at that time of history,we all realized that
it's is our turn to share the responsibility to defend
our country from hie^?m hoa. CS, ...our "an choi" days
are over! That's true, don't get me wrong! Yes, "con
cha'u ong cha" went to war nhie^`u
lam...Unfortunately, at the end, we all met in ClubMEd
ca? cha...la^~n con! Vui lam, co' ban. co' be`! Co'
chau'. co' chu'...! Chu*' co tha^'y poor kids nao`
dau? (poor kids di li'nh que`n, ho.c Club Med chi? co
3 nga`y thoi). Yes, Van! That's how the way it works!
btw. Are you sure you can eat Duck Jello?
Du~ng (Luu)
.
--- Vanthdo@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Dear anh Dung (Luu),
>
> I think Mr. Nash was equating the 2 wars with
> respect to the effect they
> might have on this American society, i.e., the poor
> Blacks and Hispanics who
> usually are sent to war to die. His argument is
> more based on a social
> context than a political or ideological one.
>
> I think the argument has some merit, even when we
> think back to our Vietnam
> war, where most of the kids from well to do family
> usually found a way out of
> the draft and thus out of harm's way. I say this
> without any judgment or
> criticism toward the rich kids. It is just the way
> things work, as unfair as
> some of us may perceive it. I say it though with
> sadness and with a
> conviction to oppose this war, or any war for that
> matter. I see no purpose
> in killing people just to assert an authority, a
> power, or to further any
> ends. Simplistic as some thought my beliefs are, I
> can hardly see how we can
> otherwise justify losses of lives, properties,
> country, peace and happiness
> to the dictates of a few powerful people who hold
> our children's fates in
> their hands.
>
> In substituting the word "Iraq" for Vietnam", just
> as anh Khai has so well
> understood it, you are only asked to look at and
> compare the impact of the 2
> wars on the 2 countries' social fabric.
>
> Mr. Nash is not a politician, he is an academic
> professor on the East Coast,
> and has spent his life working on great causes
> helping the poor immigrants
> and fighting for justice.
>
> Van
>
>
>
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