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Hold On to Your Humanity: An Open Letter to GIs in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1115-06.htm
I am a retired veteran of the army, and my own son is among you, a paratrooper
like I was. The changes that are happening to every one of you--some more
extreme than others--are changes I know very well. So I’m going to say some
things to you straight up in the language to which you are accustomed...
20 Questions for George W. Bush: Americans Must Demand Straight Answers from
Their President
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1115-08.htm
edit: the conclusion (do go read the rest yourself):
Mr. President, an activist from India recently spoke eloquently and simply about
the painful reality of George W. Bush’s America. He asked:
“Why is it that a candidate in your country is allowed to accept vast sums of
money from corporations and multimillionaires as gifts, then once elected
president can offer those same companies and individuals generous government
contracts, freedom from regulation, and freedom from prosecution for illegal
activities? We in India have a name for such dealings. We don’t call such
influence pedaling “campaign contributions,” we call it “bribery” and “political
corruption.” And in our country leaders who do such things go to jail. In
America, such misdeeds go largely unreported, and officials are rewarded with
reelection. It is madness and will ruin your country.”
Mr. President, you must stop dodging questions about your actions, and you must
stop wrapping your administration in the flag of patriotism, the last refuge of
a scoundrel. You must stop spinning lies. You must stop defending graft,
influence peddling, war profiteering and the other high crimes of your Vice
President, Attorney General, and Secretary of Defense.
Americans must have the truth from you, Mr., President. We deserve it. It is
time for you to speak to us directly and with total honesty.
And should you, Mr. President, refuse to tell us the truth, then we must demand
your resignation. Failing that, we must ask Congress to go forward with the
impeachment of George W. Bush for selling out our nation to multinational
corporations, and for committing treason against the Constitution of the United
States.
Remember to despise the war but not our war veterans. When our brave men and
women come home, embrace them as your countrymen and women. Let’s not duplicate
the errors of the Viet Nam war by letting our returning vets suffer and fall
through the cracks as before.
Supporting our vets and veteran’s rights is yet another reason to vote for
anyone but Shrub next time around.
-- Hop-Frog
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