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Chapter 3
Powerless in Powerland
Jake, Cathy and the peace group Operation Safe Return were still meeting three months after the safe return of all but three North Carolina soldiers. They died for their country.
The Gulf War approximate score was Iraq – 200,000, America – 56. America won by an unprecedented margin OSR had already arranged five crowded teach-ins, rallies and marches. Yet they weren’t satisfied. The city of Asheville was holding a celebration for the returning warriors that May. Eleven OSR members discussed a
protest of the blessed event.
“To confront mountain people welcoming their
husbands and wives home from war makes as much sense as climbing a frozen waterfall,” said Newt. His voice had a whisper rasp that came either from the deepest depths of Hades or a very sensitive soul. His aristocratic Southern accent supported the loftier possibility.
“As a responsible decadent,” he continued, “I must point out how your lives will be interrupted when a large