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Militarism and National Security

The Problem with "Support the Troops"

By Sarah Hunter

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT. Contact us if you would like a free hard copy mailed. Editors' Note: In this latest DifferenTakes anti-war activist Sarah Hunter raises critical questions about the slogan, “Support the troops; bring them home!” This issue is particularly pressing as the Obama administration considers expanding troop deployments in Afghanistan.Co-editors Elizabeth Barajas-Román & Betsy Hartmann

Sarah Hunter is a recent graduate of Hampshire College. Her Division III project, “War and Peace in the Pioneer Valley”, is a series of ethnographic essays about the anti-war movement in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. This essay is excerpted from one of these chapters.

The Problem with “Support the Troops”

By Sarah Hunter

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT.

Contact us if you would like a free hard copy mailed.

Editors’ Note: In this latest DifferenTakes anti-war activist Sarah Hunter raises critical questions about the slogan, “Support the troops; bring them home!” This issue is particularly pressing as the Obama administration considers expanding troop deployments in Afghanistan.

— Co-editors Elizabeth Barajas-Román & Betsy Hartmann

Sarah Hunter is a recent graduate of Hampshire College. Her Division III project, “War and Peace in the Pioneer Valley”, is a series of ethnographic essays about the anti-war movement in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. This essay is excerpted from one of these chapters.

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