To the Vets and Friends of Vets
Todays Honk For Peace Formation will be FOWL WEATHER PARADE, MUSTER at your own convenience.
In the Navy, if we had a formation and the weather would not allow it, then we would muster inside if possible.
Today I got an email message from PDA
De-escalate, Investigate, Stop Funding War!
No surprises in President Bush's on Thursday night. As expected, he is asking for 20,000 more troops to "secure" Baghdad and Anbar province, and to cut off supply lines from Iran and Syria, while heaping responsibility for the likely failure of this strategy on the shoulders of the unstable Iraqi government.
Stand up and take action. Contact your members of Congress and tell them it is time to cut off funding and start withdrawing our troops.
Thank you for taking action to end the Occupation of Iraq.
Sincerely,
Tim Carpenter
Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America
If you go to the following address:
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=9233036&type=CO You can compose a letter to your Congressmen and Senators about how you feel about the current situation. I have done this and below is a copy of what I wrote. For some of you who might find it difficult to find the right words, you can copy my letter, whole or in part and use it as you may. Of course I will post this on my blog, and if you come up with something really catchy or powerful, send it to me and I will add that to this post.
The Iraq study group suggested that we sit down with Iran, Syria and al-Sadr.
Bush has decided to ignore this and instead, escalate. Against the better judgment of Rank and File, and even John McCain has reservations that we will not be able to escalate this enough to win.
What we keep hearing is that we can't lose. Can't lose what? Oil contracts?
The Iraqi's want us out of there, they know what is best for them and we don't have a right to their oil. This is just wrong.
Instead of turning enemies into cooperative neighbors, instead we will have more enemies.
Every human being has the right to eat and drink safe water. We have taken this from them and offered them Democracy and now tell them that their Democracy isn't good enough, we will do what we want anyways. Mr. Bush even tells us that our Democracy doesn't know any better.
al-Sadr says he will send our boys home in wooden coffins and in the end we will leave without our oil contracts leaving behind starving children who have grown up in fear with a hatred for the United States as possible future terrorists.
Stop this madness, as a responsible human being you must, as our representatives, you are required to serve the publics better interests.
Instead the White House serves the oil companies, defense contractors and Saudi Arabia who has profited greatly off of this. Even China who earns interest on the money they loan us for this. But the American people have already lost while being fed a lie that they must continue losing.
Thanks
Roger The Okcitykid
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