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US Deaths in the Iraq War
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
--Laurence Binyon
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Cost of the War in Iraq
$273,988,168,554
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In their youth Chickenhawks were extremely skillful at
evading the military, while today they are fervent advocates for war.
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There has always been a higher percentage of veterans in
Congress than in society as a whole, but not today.
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Support the Troops,
Oppose the Policy
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Lowery Urges War Protesters To Keep The Faith
The Associated Press
"Easter is the heart and soul of the faith; it is the central
theme of creation," Lowery told the crowd of about 150. "It is the
promise that right is mightier than wrong, that light will overcome
darkness, that love is more powerful than hate."
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Soldiers Families Go On Attack
By Severin Carrell
Relatives of soldiers serving in Iraq
are to march on No 10 for the first time, in protest against the
war
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Behind The Military Revolt
By Richard Holbrooke
First, it is clear that the retired
generals surely are speaking for many of their former colleagues,
friends and subordinates who are still inside.
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Veterans Against Iraq War is a coalition of American veterans who
support our troops but oppose war with Iraq or any other nation that
does not pose a clear and present danger to our people and nation.
Until and unless the current U.S. Administration
provides evidence which clearly demonstrates that Iraq or any other
nation poses a clear, direct and immediate danger to our country, we
oppose all of this Administration's pre-emptive and unilateral military
activities in Iraq. Furthermore, we cannot support any war that is
initiated without a formal Declaration of War by Congress, as our
Constitution requires.
Although we detested the dictatorial policies of Saddam
Hussein and sympathized with the tragic plight of the Iraqi people, we
opposed unilateral and pre-emptive U.S. military intervention on the
grounds that it established a dangerous precedent in the conduct of
international affairs, that it could easily lead to an increase of
violent regional instability and the spread of much wider conflicts,
that it places needless and unacceptable financial burdens on the
American people, that it diverts us from addressing critical domestic
priorities, and that it distracts us from our goals of tracking down and
destroying international terrorists and their lairs.
Furthermore, we do not believe that the American
military can or should be used as the police force of the world by any
administration, Republican or Democrat. Consequently, we believe that
the lives and well being of our nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen and
marines should not be squandered or sacrificed for causes other than in
the direct defense of our people and nation.
Finally, we believe that a doctrine of pre-emptive and
unilateral U.S. military attack on Iraq or any other nation is illegal,
unnecessary, counter-productive and presents a truly dire and
distressing threat to our vital international interests and basic
national security. As military veterans, we have a unique understanding
of war and know the many hidden truths that lie behind war's easy
theories and promises, as well as behind the tragic consequences that
even, "victory" brings. We therefore call on all like-minded veterans
and family members to endorse this statement and support us in our
efforts to help avert, mitigate or stop a national tragedy and an
international calamity.
We ask that you support our troops, by demanding that
they be brought home from Iraq immediately. We ask that you support our
nation's vital interests, by demanding that our troops should never be
placed in harm's way except to meet and defeat any direct and immediate
threat to our people. |
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VETERANS, to Endorse Veterans Against Iraq War
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