By Jim Brown, Bill Fancher, and Jody Brown
Although most university campuses remain hotbeds of anti-war activism, some students are voicing their support for President Bush and the U.S. military.
Harvard law student Brett Joshpe says he was so frustrated with the mainstream media's sympathetic coverage of noisy and, at times, violent anti-war demonstrations being carried out by his peers, he could not remain silent. Feeling only one voice was being heard extensively — the anti-war side — Joshpe founded a group called Students for Protecting America.
“You often turn on the TV and see anti-war protestors [demonstrating against] the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq,” Joshpe says, “but it seems as though there wasn't really a balance to the debate. I felt as though one side was speaking much louder than the other and that we should try to add some balance to the debate and form an organization and encourage other organizations to form.”
He says although Harvard is a bastion of liberalism and political correctness, people underestimate the amount of opposition on campus to the anti-war view.
“There's a substantial, substantial minority of students who really support this — and I think people would often be surprised to know that,” he says. “I think that's [because] often there's a void of organizations such as ours where people can really organize, get together, and express one voice.”
Joshpe says since its inception in February, Students for Protecting America has gotten an “overwhelmingly positive reception” on campus and nationwide. He says the group has received hundreds of supportive e-mails and attracted thousands of visitors from across the country to its website.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
