[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:16261] Vets Call to Impeach Bush Cheney (fwd)

[Al Kagan]

> FYI
>
> http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/033005VeteransForPeace.html
>
> NATIONAL NEWS:
> Veterans Group Calls on Congress to Impeach George W. Bush and Richard
> Cheney
> SOURCE: Veterans For Peace, Inc.
>
>             "It is clear that George Bush does not intend to change  
> course
> in an effort to right this great wrong," said Veterans For Peace  
> president
> David Cline. "He has had enough time in his second term to begin a  
> shift and
> he has not. It is time to remove him from office."
>
> ST. LOUIS--On March 30, a national veterans' organization called for  
> the
> removal of President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney  
> for
> crimes the group charges were committed during the invasion and  
> occupation
> of Iraq.
> In a letter sent to each member of the US House and Senate, Veterans  
> For
> Peace (VFP) stated that "...This administration's war on Iraq, in  
> addition
> to being increasingly unpopular among Americans, is an unmistakable
> violation of our Constitution and federal law which you have sworn to
> uphold. In our system, the remedy for such high crimes is clear: this
> administration must be impeached."
>
> David Cline, a decorated Vietnam War combat veteran and VFP president,  
> said
> in a prepared statement to the press, "We do not make this call  
> lightly and
> as former members of the US armed forces, we take our responsibilities  
> as
> citizens very seriously. For that reason we believe that when our  
> government
> conducts a war of aggression on Iraq and commits a growing and  
> appalling
> series of what must legally be considered war crimes and crimes against
> humanity in the execution of that war, it violates Article VI of the US
> Constitution, the War Crimes Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. § 2441), and  
> numerous
> international treaties which are legally binding on our nation."
>
> Cline continued, "We are not the first group to call for impeachment.  
> We
> have decided to add our voice to the call. All the reasons given for  
> the
> invasion have shown themselves to be half-truths or misleading. The  
> conflict
> continues to drag on taking the lives of our soldiers and innocent  
> Iraqis.
> It is clear that George Bush does not intend to change course in an  
> effort
> to right this great wrong. He has had enough time in his second term to
> begin a shift and he has not. It is time to remove him from office."
>
> Veterans For Peace is seeking individual and organizational supporters  
> to
> work jointly on the effort to impeach the resident.
>
>
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>
> To read the VFP letter to Congress and review the US and international  
> laws
> the VFP claims the Bush administration has violated, just click here.
> Veterans For Peace is a 5,000-member national organization founded in  
> 1985,
> with 118 chapters across the country.
>
>
>
>
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>
> Copyright © 2005 The Baltimore Chronicle. All rights reserved.
>
> Republication or redistribution of Baltimore Chronicle content is  
> expressly
> prohibited without their prior written consent.
> This story was published on March 30, 2005.
>
>
> Tom Baxter
> USAV 1967-69
> tombaxter.livejournal.com
> Tallahassee, Florida
> Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor." --infidel to every church  
> that
> compromises with
> wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.: Wendell
> Phillips
>
>
>
>

Al Kagan
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