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The only chance we have of saving our nation is to ensure that Bush
and Cheney are not allowed to retire into the sunset. If they are
allowed to do that, the concept of our nation is lost forever, and
we will ALL be branded as war criminals in the eyes of the world --
because "We The People" allowed all of this to happen.
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Subject: Fwd: An Occupation of Iraq Is Not Ours To Choose
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18179.htm
An Occupation of Iraq Is Not Ours To Choose
By Ward Reilly
08/13/07
"ICH" -- Attacking Iraq was a war crime, and to sit back now and
debate how
much control we are entitled to is disgusting. With typical U.S
arrogance,
our Congress, and the White House, now debate if, how, and when, to
leave
Iraq, and also about how many troops we should leave for a
"training force,"
if we are to leave troops there.
What they are blind and deaf to is the cold and bloody fact that
the people
of Iraq have already spoken, and they have told us to get all of
our troops
out in a very loud voice.
Nowhere in the discussion is heard a word about how the citizens of
Iraq
feel about our genocidal presence. You'd think that the U.S.A. wasn't
guilty of an illegal war. A small band of egomaniacs plotted to
destroy
Iraq, and now the choice of whether to stay there or not isn't ours
to make.
Any U.S. soldier that is forced to stay in Iraq may well be killed,
if left
behind, and any Iraq citizen who complies with those troops is also
subject
to be killed.
There is only one way to leave Iraq, and that is completely. Once our
troops are out, we are obliged, on our knees, to assist in
rebuilding what
the criminals that created this war have destroyed.
Many people say that we should leave troops in Iraq, but to do so
is to
sentence those troops to hatred and the likelihood of a violent death
because of what we have done. Many people say that we should leave
troops
there, but to do so is to sentence those troops to hatred and the
likelihood
of a violent death because of what we have done.
We have no right to leave any U.S. presence in Iraq. It is a well
established fact that attacking Iraq was a war crime, and to sit
back now
and debate how much control we are entitled to is disgusting, and a
very
sick joke.
We have dishonored ourselves, and our allies, through the actions
of Bush
and Cheney, and the only true justice will be when Bush and Cheney are
forced to become the respective mayors of Fallujah and Baghdad.
Let them
enjoy the "freedom and democracy" that they have brought to Iraq,
and let
them experience what they have forced more than one million U.S.
troops to
endure.
It is time to leave Iraq, lock, stock, and (gun) barrel. Their
people will
never allow any U.S. occupation troops to live side by side with
them in a
country that will forever reflect the U.S. shame that Bush and
Cheney have
brought us to.
This war is lost. It was lost the day we invaded an innocent
nation. Some
of my friends say we are never leaving Iraq. I say tell it to the
Vietnamese people.
We have about 16 months left to see to it that the neocon
leadership of our
nation learns the truth about justice and democracy, and to save
the U.S.A.
The only chance we have of saving our nation is to ensure that Bush
and
Cheney are not allowed to retire into the sunset. If they are
allowed to do
that, the concept of our nation is lost forever, and we will all be
branded
as war criminals in the eyes of the world, because "We The People"
allowed
all of this to happen.
Peace Out
~~~
[Ward Reilly is active with Vietnam Veterans against the War and
Veterans
For Peace. He was a volunteer Infantryman in the First Infantry
Division
from 1971 to 1974. He writes from Louisiana.]
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Subject: An Occupation of Iraq Is Not Ours To Choose
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18179.htm
An Occupation of Iraq Is Not Ours To Choose
By Ward Reilly
08/13/07
"ICH" -- Attacking Iraq was a war crime, and to sit back now and
debate how
much control we are entitled to is disgusting. With typical U.S
arrogance,
our Congress, and the White House, now debate if, how, and when, to
leave
Iraq, and also about how many troops we should leave for a
"training force,"
if we are to leave troops there.
What they are blind and deaf to is the cold and bloody fact that
the people
of Iraq have already spoken, and they have told us to get all of
our troops
out in a very loud voice.
Nowhere in the discussion is heard a word about how the citizens of
Iraq
feel about our genocidal presence. You'd think that the U.S.A. wasn't
guilty of an illegal war. A small band of egomaniacs plotted to
destroy
Iraq, and now the choice of whether to stay there or not isn't ours
to make.
Any U.S. soldier that is forced to stay in Iraq may well be killed,
if left
behind, and any Iraq citizen who complies with those troops is also
subject
to be killed.
There is only one way to leave Iraq, and that is completely. Once our
troops are out, we are obliged, on our knees, to assist in
rebuilding what
the criminals that created this war have destroyed.
Many people say that we should leave troops in Iraq, but to do so
is to
sentence those troops to hatred and the likelihood of a violent death
because of what we have done. Many people say that we should leave
troops
there, but to do so is to sentence those troops to hatred and the
likelihood
of a violent death because of what we have done.
We have no right to leave any U.S. presence in Iraq. It is a well
established fact that attacking Iraq was a war crime, and to sit
back now
and debate how much control we are entitled to is disgusting, and a
very
sick joke.
We have dishonored ourselves, and our allies, through the actions
of Bush
and Cheney, and the only true justice will be when Bush and Cheney are
forced to become the respective mayors of Fallujah and Baghdad.
Let them
enjoy the "freedom and democracy" that they have brought to Iraq,
and let
them experience what they have forced more than one million U.S.
troops to
endure.
It is time to leave Iraq, lock, stock, and (gun) barrel. Their
people will
never allow any U.S. occupation troops to live side by side with
them in a
country that will forever reflect the U.S. shame that Bush and
Cheney have
brought us to.
This war is lost. It was lost the day we invaded an innocent
nation. Some
of my friends say we are never leaving Iraq. I say tell it to the
Vietnamese people.
We have about 16 months left to see to it that the neocon
leadership of our
nation learns the truth about justice and democracy, and to save
the U.S.A.
The only chance we have of saving our nation is to ensure that Bush
and
Cheney are not allowed to retire into the sunset. If they are
allowed to do
that, the concept of our nation is lost forever, and we will all be
branded
as war criminals in the eyes of the world, because "We The People"
allowed
all of this to happen.
Peace Out
~~~
[Ward Reilly is active with Vietnam Veterans against the War and
Veterans
For Peace. He was a volunteer Infantryman in the First Infantry
Division
from 1971 to 1974. He writes from Louisiana.]
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