“To rally around the president during a time of war is not in the American tradition….”
– Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in a speech at Northwestern University.
He drew parallels between the United State’s latest actions and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor before the United States entered World War II….
Calling the discouragement of dissent by public officials “morally treasonable to the American public,” Schlesinger said the Americans have an obligation to voice opposing views.
The text of the speech is not reprinted in the Daily Northwestern, but there is no indication in the article that Schlesinger identified any “public officials” engaged in the “discouragement” of dissent.
