1969_12 The Daily Collegian December 1969

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commentary
The dishonorable
Song My episode
esftft of military frustration aris-
lof from Involvement la a war la
which It le bard to ten friend
No civilised nation can accept
tho apparent senseless sad cal-
evU-
flre from the area, or a Meedsag
of all throe. It Is alee
■ of
Ba>
ly be to carry oet orders whoa
they wore delivered aad set, Ie a
Urns of great emotion, attempt
Nuremberg Trial
i may have raises 1
s of CCom-
Infaatry Regl
meat, to momentarily violate both
military and elementary human
codes of conduct.
They were sent into Vietnam '■
Quaag Ngsi Province immediately alter the astonishing and
bloody Tot Offensive of early
1968 and suddenly found thom-
eelvee In an ares which had long
been under Viet Cong domination
The entire American Division, of
which the regiment Is sport, suffered repeated booby trap and land
mind casualties. Soldiers wore
dally being msimsd or klUsd by
hidden devices planted by a shadowy toe. It was impossible tode-
tormlns with any accuracy which
side the villagers of the area
were on.
In   this   atmosphere of fear,
While Its origins are thus ea-
derstandahle, the iviasaes abas
tor indicates that  the gong My
a tormor member of the A marl -
eonsclonable. It is basic to the
military system that the generals
and colonela know whore their
rifle companies are employed
and what they sre employed at.
It la reasonable, because of this
chain of command system, to
suppose that Lieutenant C alley
did not act on hi* own Initiative
and did not act without either the
knowledge of or orders from his
superiors.
The case cries for toll and
complete congressional Investigation, a public inquiry to determine who waa responsible.
-San Francisco Chronicle
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This letter is being written
to the black man who did not
sign his name tn the article entitled 'Scapegoat- Not Mo" (Collegian. 11 24/69).
First. I would Uks to begin by
saying that his rhetoric Is exquisite, although his thoughts and
feelings on America and the
"white man " leave me with a
questioning fooling.
As s student, this questioning
feeling Is pronounced becsuse of
his attitudes toward A merles and
the white man in general. Ths
prime questions that occurred to
me were: "Why does he remain
In America0 why does he tolerate
thooo toe lings he has toward
America?"
He  relays in his writing that
he "knows" what it's Uks to be
prejudiced against and utilized
for the -red" blood that he spUls
■ I* *** esses. What does he do
shout theeelneojmtler> He writes
about them In his beautiful syntax
and indirectly incites other black
men to tool ss he does. Other
black men who are working desperately to earn their das. as tho
majority of Caucasians saest.
may read this fellow's writings,
In his beautiful language, and
succumb to his thinking.
This writer of black-men's
woes may be the moot frustrated
and unhappy individual la bis
home life that ks feels scompulsion tor relief In tho easiest way
possible for him. so, ho choose*
his gift with words. Ia his hatred
and vindtctlveness for the white
man. however, bo may have tor-
gotten thai his gift wss given to
him by Someone who loves him--
regardless of anything that may
bo attributed to color.
in your article, Mr. Dissenter,
you mentioned theft the black and
brown are dying in profess numbers in Vietnam   tost you do sot
even soggssi why this Is so. You
know, Mr. Dissenter,  yea know
It, bo kens st bar once
No gut*! All talk, but
rage! Everyone ms*/
no real courage'
not write like you do. Mr. Dissenter, but when It comes down
to working for what one gets, we
fbrown, black snd whits sUke
know we're not going to beesflt
ourselves or anyone else by crying sad whining shout ear eoadl
ttoa in life—we work to toe bee
of our abtlitiee--lf that's set
enough, wo work some more.
(Toe signed no name--
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