President. the fathers and mothers of young men and women from Minnesota who arm now in the Persian Gulf have not forgotten what war means in personal terms. and we must not forget either. Town meeting after town meeting after town meeting citizens would stand up. quite often a Vietnam vet. point a finger at me and say: "Senator. how many of the Senators children are in the Persian Gulf?" And I would respond this way. I would say: Im the son of a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union. and if I believe Saddam Hussein was a Hitler and that we must go to war now to stop him. if I believe we must do that for the defense of our country or the defense of this world. I am a citizen in this world. then as much as I could hardly stand the thought. I could accept the loss of life of one of my children. ages 25. 21. and 18.
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