Troops, Vets, Military Families Ask: Stay Faithful to the Cause

There's an article posted on the net on the sixth anniversary of the invasion that I hope everyone reads. It is a joint statement by organizations representing those in this country who have the most at stake in this war--the troops, the veterans and the families whose loved ones are in harm's way. (You can find it at the Military Families Speak Out website, here.)

It is a simple and urgent appeal to those of us who have argued and worked and fought and prayed to end the occupation of Iraq over the last few years.: "We ask all those who have stood with us in the past to stay faithful to the cause."

Why is such a plea necessary? Many who are dead opposed to the war are convinced that the new president should be "given a chance" to end it, which he promises to do--by 2012! Even some who believe his policies in Iraq and Afghanistan are profoundly mistaken 
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Superior WI Grannies want health care, not warfare

“Health Care not War” is more than a slogan. And when the grannies of Grandmothers for Peace hit the street to call attention to the ongoing war in Iraq, it’s just one of the steps the peacemakers are taking to promote health care for the uninsured and underinsured in the nation. More

 

Iraq's Shocking Human Toll:

About 1 Million Killed
4.5 Million Displaced,
1-2 Million Widows
5 Million Orphans

Now that Bush is gone, perhaps we can honestly face the damage we have wrought and the responsibilities we must accept from it, John Tirman writes in The Nation. FULL ARTICLE

 

Two dozen arrested in San Francisco protests

Police arrested more than two dozen protesters at separate anti-war events in San Francisco on Thursday, including five veterans of the Iraq war. The protests were part of a daylong series of more than two dozen events that took place at BART stations around the Bay Area, said Sandra Schwartz, peace education coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. Read Article

 


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