Why, After Foresight, Silence On Iraq?
By Richard R. Crocker | May 18, 2004To the Editor: Fifteen months ago, many of us in the Dartmouth community raised our voices to oppose the invasion of Iraq. We raised objections about the certainty that there were weapons of mass destruction and asked for more time for international inspections; we predicted a long and continuing struggle that would cost many lives, both American and Iraqi; we deplored the Bush administration's brash unilateralism and disregard of world opinion. We argued that an invasion would not decrease terrorism but inflame it. We pointed out that Iraq had not been a source of international terrorism. We argued that such an invasion was a violation of international law that would severely compromise our nation's moral standing. Our voices did not prevail, but at least we raised them.