Read this excerpt from "not a dove, but no longer a hawk." i wonder, when i look at the bombed out peasant hamlets, the orphans begging and stealing on the streets of saigon and the women and children with napalm burns lying on the hospital cots, whether the united states or any nation has the right to inflict this suffering and degradation on another people for its own ends. how do the allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage?

The allusions in this excerpt reinforce the meaning of the passage through the question of the Vietnamese for allowing such a violent war.

The expressions relate to the horrific aftermath of the Vietnamese war. The war is between the US and Saigon caused suffering due to military conflicts in order to curb communism.

Thus, it questions the rights of the government to inflict war and destruction that resulted in begging and suffering.  

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in afghanistan, yelda, the first month of jadi is the longest night of the year. amir says that yelda was the starless night tormented lovers kept vigil enduring the endless dark, waiting for the sun to raise and bring with it their loved. amir says he became a yelda when he met soraya in america.