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Crazies Can Spoil a Movement (June 19, 2003 commentary)

Crazies Can Spoil a Movement by Casey Lartigue, Jr. At an anti-war "teach-in," a Columbia University professor called for the defeat of American forces in Iraq and said he would like to see "a million Mogadishus" - a reference to the Somali city where American soldiers were ambushed, with 18 killed, in 1993. "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," Nicholas DeGenova, assistant professor of anthropology at Columbia University, told the audience at Low Library Wednesday night. "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus." The crowd was largely silent at the remark. They loudly applauded DeGenova later when he said, "If we really believe that this war is criminal... then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine." (New York Newsday) Some have remarked that the war brought out the nuts