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Sobriety Tests
Reactions to John Corry’s case against war, with a special reply by Mr. Corry.
Reactions to John Corry’s case against war, A Sober Dissent, with a special reply by Mr. Corry:
p> About your article, “Bull.” br> — J. Gedroic br> Landrum, SC /p> p> I wish that those that say “don’t attack, we’ll only make ‘em madder than they already are” would just start drinking. br> — Brad McKee br> Holbrook, NE /p>Kudos to Mr. Corry. As a longtime conservative and American Spectator reader, I was (and am) a strong supporter of the Cold War and the (first) Persian Gulf war and I’m hardly a leftist, peacenik etc. However, I am shocked by the President’s Iraq policy.
Conservatives should be anti-war in general, though not pacifists. After all, war costs a good chunk of change (conservatives should be frugal), permanently expands the federal government leviathan, and degrades the culture (witness the huge changes for the worse during WWI and Vietnam, and to a lesser extent WWII). The income tax made its first appearance in the Civil War, and grew tremendously in WWI and WWII.
p>Mr. Corry is absolutely right. We will pay dearly for this war in both blood and treasure if the President follows through with an attack on Iraq. br> —
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