[Peace-discuss] Letter to N-G.

[Morton K.Brussel]

FYI: Sent this off today. mkb

	On January 8, a contingent of local army reservists will be preparing 
to go to Iraq. The community, their families and friends all hope for 
their safe return, sound in mind and body, but we fear, and evidence 
pathetically confirms, the contrary.
	On May 1, 2003, under the banner “Mission Accomplished”, George Bush 
boasted of the end to major combat in Iraq. The war has since 
escalated, with growing American casualties, the unrelenting 
destruction of Iraqi cities and towns, and the deaths and horrible 
injuries of countless thousands of innocent civilians. What mission 
accomplished? What of our justifications?
	No WMD’s found, no links to 9/11 verified, no democracy or security 
for Iraqis established. Meanwhile, our civil liberties, our environment 
and our economic well being are degraded by this ill conceived and 
bogus “war on terrorism”. Our nation’s reputation is soiled by 
revelations of torture, subterfuge, and callousness, while the world 
becomes ever more hostile to American power, aims and influence. It 
seems clear to all but the most oblivious that the reason that more 
Americans must be sent to Iraq is to secure a strategic base in that 
oil rich region and to save face so that our government leaders need 
admit neither failure nor wrongdoing.
	We want to be proud of our country and our armed forces, but how can 
we be proud of the atrocities at Abu Graib, the utter destruction of 
Falluja and other centers of population? How can we be proud of GI’s 
killing helpless Iraqi prisoners and humiliating others? This is a 
needless ugly war!
	Let us hope that the men and women who leave us now for Iraq return 
safely and soon. May they not kill or be killed, not maim or be maimed. 
To that end, the American occupation of Iraq must cease.

Morton and Phyllis Brussel, Urbana
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