"If our friends say to us ' Well, I don't know. I thought torture was
wrong under Bush, but now Dick Cheney is making an argument for maybe
[sic] we need to torture, maybe it will keep us safer,' you tell your
friends, 'hell no, torture for any reason is wrong; it's against the
interests of humanity and we will not allow it to be carried out in our
name.' " The crowd cheered and whistled.
" If your friends say ' Well, I would have objected if drones were dropped on Pakistan by George Bush, but I'm kind of in to it with Barack Obama, maybe he has a point; maybe we should make war on Yemen, Iran, and Somalia, and continue the occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.' What are you going to tell your friends? ' Hell no. Get your butt out in the streets and protest.'
"And most especially, if your friends say ' I wouldn't have signed up with the US military with George Bush, but I don't know, I'm kind of in to fighting for Barack Obama.' What are you going to tell them ? 'Hell no. ' Bring the We-Are-Not-Your-Soldiers tour---Iraq vets and Afghan vets--into high school classrooms."
" If your friends say ' Well, I would have objected if drones were dropped on Pakistan by George Bush, but I'm kind of in to it with Barack Obama, maybe he has a point; maybe we should make war on Yemen, Iran, and Somalia, and continue the occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.' What are you going to tell your friends? ' Hell no. Get your butt out in the streets and protest.'
"And most especially, if your friends say ' I wouldn't have signed up with the US military with George Bush, but I don't know, I'm kind of in to fighting for Barack Obama.' What are you going to tell them ? 'Hell no. ' Bring the We-Are-Not-Your-Soldiers tour---Iraq vets and Afghan vets--into high school classrooms."
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