Then there was World War II veteran Navy Ensign Sen. Mark Hatfield, a Republican who opposed the Vietnam War and Ronald Reagan's invasion of the Caribbean island Grenada. He was even more critical of President Bush's Persian Gulf War. Experience in war convinced these men and thousands of others that the horrors of war, whether global or limited, should be avoided. In war, our service men and women suffered injuries, amputations, paralysis and sickness such as malaria, agent orange and Gulf War Syndrome. We also have to expect soldiers to be held prisoners of war, to be missing in action or even to be killed.
War is such a hellish thing.
The Cuban missile crisis is an example of successful negotiation. President Kennedy persuaded the Russians to remove the missiles without firing a single shot. He is not the first public official to blame the media for reporting unfavorable public opinion. By any objective standard, The Daily Ardmoreite has been more than fair to SOTC in its coverage of the recent vote on the SOTC millage. The editor even wrote a strong editorial in support of the tax.