Comments for Kevin Hanley's Common Sense: The Naiveté of Berkeley at http://www.auburnbuzz.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.auburnbuzz.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:07:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.auburnbuzz.com/content/view/998/112/#comment-154 8)The Sentinel is a community newspaper, of and for the community; so let's focus on the community and leave the hard news to the mass media. We in the community wish to focus on community business, friends and neighbors, local events and happenings. :) - Loyce Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:29:58 +0100 http://www.auburnbuzz.com/content/view/998/112/#comment-139 I agree that there should be no impeding or harrasing of a recruitment station such as described (as long as the recruitment itself is honest with proper oversight by superiors). I also suspect that there is more to the story than Hanley knows or let's on. Based on his opening diatribe, he is obviously prejudiced, biased and hateful of anything Berkeley, which makes me immediately distrust the rest of his article (not to mention he himself). Yet I essentially agree with his assessment of the city council on this situation as it's not right to take those kind of actions... but it begs this question. What does that have to do with Auburn? Nothing. I take issue with one other thing in his article. Hanley's statement that "Our armed forces are an instrument for carrying out our democratically-determined foreign policy" is pure hogwash and a mischaracterization of the purposes of the military. The military carries out our foreign policy? I think those so-called "naive" fellow Americans in Berkeley could teach Hanley something about our government. The Department of Defense specifically states that their bottom line is "to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the United States. Everything we do supports that primary mission." That's not a bad purpose for a military, but it certainly isn't carrying out foreign policy. Hanley echoes certain politicians running our country who think and act as if it IS the military that shoves U.S. foreign policy down the world's throat. This thinking has gravely hurt America. I find Hanley's views here divisive in a broad sense, and meaningless in such a small town newspaper. Who cares how much he hates Berkeley or Kansas City or Singapore. Keep to relevant issues here, and talk about the town you represent. I am sure other towns and cities can take care of their own. You take care of Auburn. - Hans Wright Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:45:53 +0100