Are You Qualified to Stand for Peace? This test is for your consideration. If you can pass it you are eligible to join the peace movement. This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question (so you better get it right!) Here’s a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum:


China 1945-46


Korea 1950-53


China 1950-53


Guatemala 1954


Indonesia 1958


Cuba 1959-60


Guatemala 1960


Congo 1964


Peru 1965


Laos 1964-73


Vietnam 1961-73


Cambodia 1969-70


Guatemala 1967-69


Grenada 1983


Libya 1986


El Salvador 1980s


Nicaragua 1980s


Panama 1989


Iraq 1991-99


Sudan 1998


Afghanistan 1998


Yugoslavia 1999


In how many of these instances did a democratic government, respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?


Choose one of the following:


(a) 0


(b) zero


(c) none


(d) not a one


(e) a whole number between -1 and +1


This quiz is compliments of Vietnam Veterans Against the War Ben Chitty USN 65-9 VN 66-7 68 NY/VVAW peaceCENTER P.O. Box 36, San Antonio, Texas 78291


(210) 224-HOPE or 224-4673 FAX (210) 222-1097


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William Blum was an American author and historian. He was a critic of United States foreign policy. William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam. He then became one of the founders and editors of the Washington Free Press, the first “alternative” newspaper in the capital.

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