Calling for 'Resistance' is Paramount to Treason

It is difficult to find words to express the absolute outrage I felt upon reading Kavin Paulraj's article "Keep on Protesting" in your last issue. In all seriousness, and without the slightest hints of sarcasm, bravado or, exaggeration I hereby call out Mr. Paulraj as a traitor to the United States of America. He writes:

"The anti-war movement could not prevent U.S. aggression, so we must now support resistance against the United States. The mainstream media has [already] begun to label Iraqi resistance fighters as "terrorists." But resistance in [this] case is a justified resistance against an occupying force...we owe it to our brothers and sisters in other countries to agitate, boycott, and overthrow the imperialist regime that rules us."

Translation: Mr. Paulraj wants American servicemen to die. He wants your classmate Paul Nesvig to die.

In a democracy, there has been - and will always be - a fine line between legitimate dissent and outright treason. But Benedict Arnold certainly crossed that line. So did Alger Hiss. So did the Rosenbergs. So did Jonathan Pollard, Robert Hansen, and John Walker Lindh. And so - I am afraid to say - did Kavin Paulraj last Friday.

Ms. Wong-Hernandez, if you have even a hint of conscience or patriotism, you must not only fire Mr. Paulraj, but resign your position as Editor-in-Chief immediately. There can be no excuse for publishing this kind of filth.

Sincerely,
Tom Meyer, CMC '03