[Peace-discuss] missed opportunity to reach the community around Obama

[Karen Medina]

We did miss an opportunity to reach the community around 
Obama. We could have pointed out that the sons and daughters 
of minority Illinois residents are being heavily recruited to 
join the military. My brothers and sisters are dieing in 
Iraq. They are being asked to kill Iraqi citizens. They are 
being asked to torture people. They are being asked to go 
into a place where they will see people suffering. They will 
see Iraqi people -- women and children in need of the basic 
things to keep them alive, like food and water and medical 
attention -- and not be able to help. Those military 
enlistees will live in constant fear of attack, not knowing 
if they will be hit by friendly fire; and if they are, they 
cannot be sure that their government will lie to their 
parents about what happened. They will be asked to follow 
orders that will put innocent people in harm's way. My 
brothers and sisters from right her in Illinois will come 
back changed if they come back.

-karen medina