11.09.2010
MLK: "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam."
"Let me say finally that I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against this war, not in anger, but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and, above all, with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there is not great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead-end road that can lead to national disaster. America has strayed to the far country of racism and militarism." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Labels:
anti-imperialism,
civil rights movement,
Imperialism,
left politics,
MLK,
vietnam
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