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They traveled to Cambridge at the request ofthe New England chapter of the Unification Church,he said
...They suck... Stop them before they bungle again," proclaims a full-page advertisement in the Salient which attacks the Undergraduate Council. The ad even provides a cut-out postcard which can be sent personally to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III to request full reimbursement of one's contribution to the council...
...there are obvious downsides. The most salient is that urban areas would in essence become occupied zones. The thought of military control of American cities gives anyone the shivers. It is this image that no doubt prompted Clinton to dismiss Kelly's request with haste...
...politics aside, Kelly's request reflects a brutal truth: the United States is failing to protect its citizens. In almost every large American city, some people live in constant fear; some parents force their children to sleep in bathtubs to avoid stray bullets from armed gangs' ongoing gun battles...
Hopefully, Kelly's request for troops will shake America out of its stupor. The shocking idea that we might need federal troops to patrol our cities should awaken us to the constant abuse of citizens' fundamental right to safety. And if the idea of the National Guard in D.C. is frightening, that's all the more reason to cut the flow of guns...