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...Hornak Kellner, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith-Alam, Robert B. Stevens, Eleanor Taylor, Karen Zakrison (Assistant Editors) Bureaus: Martha Bardach, Sahm Doherty, Leny Heinen, Stanley Kayne, Barbara Nagelsmith, Anni Rubinger, Melanie Stephens, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...opinion piece in The Crimson (February 5), Kenneth Katz, citing a column in this month's Perspective, says that the anti-war movement hails the U.S. troops in the Middle East as heroes. He says that, on the contrary, "the soldier who participates in [the prosecution of an unjust war] certainly merits much less than the label of 'hero...
...agree that the label "hero" is inappropriate for the soldiers who are executing the U.S.'s unjust policy in the Middle East. Mr. Katz should not take the views of one Perspective writer as representative of the anti-war movement as a whole...
That the troops are not heroes does not imply that they are villains on a par with those who direct the war. Mr. Katz says that refusing to fight "may be a difficult decision, and the consequences may be severe. But with so many lives at stake, the choice--maybe a 'heroic' one--must be made by each and every soldier...
Perhaps Mr. Katz believes that if the war is immoral and "so many lives are at stake," it would be an appropriately "heroic" act for U.S. soldiers to mutiny at the front. Perhaps this is correct. But can we set this as our minimum standard of resistance, even if it is within the power of every soldier to resist in this...