In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
Options
Berkeley narrowly passes anti-war measure
Josey1
Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
Berkeley narrowly passes anti-war measure BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The left-wing bastion of Berkeley, Calif., narrowlyvoted Tuesday night to condemn U.S. military action in Afghanistan and not beforethe addition of an amendment denouncing the terrorist "mass murder" of thousands ofAmericans on Sept. 11. The resolution, which passed on a 5-4 vote, was believed to be the first officialstatement by a U.S. city critical of the U.S. military response to the destructionof the World Trade Center and the damage to the Pentagon. Although public opinion polls show the American public in favor of the militaryresponse by an unprecedented margin, former city council member Ying Lee Kelley urgedthe panel to "continue to honor Berkeley's tradition of opposition to brute forceto solve profoundly difficult social problems." Berkeley, home of the University of California at Berkeley campus, was the birthplaceof the free speech movement in the 1960s with Mario Salvo and has been a hotbed ofpeace protests since the Vietnam War. The San Francisco Chronicle said a recent poll of Berkeley students showed 65 percentwere opposed to the U.S.-led bombing of Afghanistan. While the Chronicle Wednesday described the council's makeup as split between leftistand centrists, there were a number of residents at Tuesday's meeting urging the resolutionbe defeated. "War does solve something," said Kelso Barnett, the head of a conservative studentgroup at the university. "Ask the people of Europe who were liberated after WorldWar II." The council passed the measure, however not before changing the wording to callfor the bombing to end "as quickly as possible" rather than immediately. At an Afghan restaurant in the "Little Kabul" district of nearby Fremont, home tothe largest U.S. population of Afghan people, a couple who appeared to be in their70s and had attended Berkeley, told United Press International that they had organizeda group of 10-20 -- similar to the much larger group of 300 or so anti-war types innearby Palo Alto -- that hold daily protests against the bombings and were gainingsupport from passersby. "We get a lot of car horns honking and only an occasional call of 'traitor,'" saidthe woman, who declined to give her name, noting that the reception was encouraginggiven Fremont's overall conservative attitudes. "Smart bombs are not smart," she said,echoing the sentiment on the sign she holds up for Fremont traffic. (Reported by Hil Anderson, Fremont, Calif.) http://www.unitedstates.com/news/farticle/610338?20011017151113
Comments
Remember everybody looks good 5 minutes before the bar closes.
My wife?.........Sure!My dog?..........Maybe!MY GUNS??........NEVER!!!
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.--Voltare
When you want to dial long distance...AT&T, .223, or Jeremiah 33.3?Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
My wife?.........Sure!My dog?..........Maybe!MY GUNS??........NEVER!!!
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.--Voltare
If you run, you'll just die tired! will270win@aol.com
When you want to dial long distance...AT&T, .223, or Jeremiah 33.3?Member:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets
I judge Thee!, Not for what you are , but for what you say !