Thursday, September 20th 2007
Support the Troops
There was a good piece in the Daily Cal the other day that is worth repeating. Brittany De Avilan started a club on campus called Adopt a Soldier. Members write letters and send packages to Marines serving in Iraq.
Some people have not understood the purpose of the group. From the letter:
I remember telling people about it and then asking, “So, would you like to join?” They replied with a simple “No, I don’t support the war.” “But, but … it’s not supporting the war…” I started to say, only trailing off silently because the supposed fervent anti-war person who probably never attended an anti-war march had already walked off. I went to numerous meetings and classes on campus to make an announcement about Adopt a Soldier. I got the same reaction. Some even thought “Hey, we can write to ask the soldiers to stop fighting, you know, tell them how wrong the war is.”
Whatever you stance on the war is, the soldiers serving in Iraq and elsewhere have to see and deal with a lot of terrible things. Any contact or friendly words they receive from people at home means volumes to them.
For more information on the group email caladoptasoldier@yahoo.com or attend their meetings on Thursdays 7:00-7:30 p.m. in 108 Wheeler.
