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I can't imagine anything more illogical than an Arab-American supporting U.S. foreign policy and enlisting in the U.S. armed forces. But there are hundreds of Arab-Americans in military service as we know. If the top brass called for their expulsion from the military would we stand up against such blatant discrimination? Of course we would! That does not mean we agree with the choice they are making. Here in New Jersey, we are appealing to the Arab immigrant community in Paterson, Passaic, Clifton, and other cities and towns to come out into the streets in opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our counter-recruitment efforts are continuing to appeal to young people not to enlist. But should an Arab immigrant disagree with us, as he or she has a right to do, I, for one, would never in a million years support any effort to exclude him or her from the military. The same rules apply to homosexuals. If there are Arab-Americans who wish to enlist in the armed forces, of course there will be homosexuals who do. Being gay does not in and of itself make one radical or opposed to imperialism. I wish it did. One would think that being an Arab should, but even then it does not. The only answer is to work more effectively to organize the antiwar movement, including counter-recruitment. That is the way to convince working-class youth (especially African-American and Latino youth), Arabs and other immigrants, and gay people of both genders not to enlist in the armed forces. Tom On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > David Thorstad wrote: >> I hardly think comparison with Jim Crow is apt, nor is the 1930s, >> when >> the U.S. was not busy invading third world countries. > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
