The Young Americans for Liberty club put on an event April 30. to educate UW students on wars that they think America should not have been involved in. This included boards made for Vietnam, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine.
J.W. Rzeszut, president of Young Americans for Liberty, organized this event. Rzeszut said, “We thought it was important to try and get as much information as possible out to the student body about why we support an anti-interventionist perspective. We have a number of students from diverse backgrounds. We have conservatives here today, left leaning and progressive individuals here today, and then, especially, we have libertarians, since we are a libertarian student organization. We are here just to talk about why the wars that America has been involved with since World War II are mostly unjust and have been poorly executed and this has caused more harm than good for both the American people and for the people who are the victims of the war, wars which we have perpetrated.” This mainly libertarian club encouraged people from different political parties, who feel there are wars America should not have been involved with, to make boards and share their opinions.
Cade Augspurger made a board, arguing Americans should not be involved in the Afghanistan War. “I personally have invested interest in this because I did serve over there in 2019, the United States Marine Corps. I did lose two good friends over there, and I wasn’t the same coming back and I know several of my friends weren’t the same coming back. I do have a very deep seeded moral issue with the war and with the government and with the government getting us into that war, and then essentially using us as slaves for their profit,” said Augspurger. His personal experience in Afghanistan led him to want to make a board and show others his side of his time in Afghanistan. Many other participants had personal connections to the wars they were presenting on.
The Young Americans for Liberty club wanted students to leave this event thinking about the different sides. “I think it’s most important for students just to get a different perspective about why people are so passionate about opposing these wars and just understand a little bit more of the arguments that anti-war individuals have,” said Rzeszut. The Young Americasn for Liberty club did not want this event to be a place to engage in heavy debate, but an event to educate students on the anti-war side.
The Young Americans for Liberty club hosted an anti-war event on April 30. To show the anti-war arguments to UW students. The boards showcased this opinion on wars in Vietnam, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine.
