[Peace-discuss] Impeach Bush/Cheney

[Morton K. Brussel]

This comes from  www.votetoimpeach.org, supported by Ramsey Clark.   
It states their case, and asks for support in organizing. Some may  
wish to do that. --mkb



Bush must be impeached for this criminal war

Cindy Sheehan marches, soldiers speak out, and momentum builds for  
September 15th

The response has been overwhelming to the September 15 March on  
Washington D.C. With the help of you and thousands of others we can  
make the call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney resound  
throughout the land.

September 15 is the date that General David Petraus, representing the  
Bush Administration, must report to Congress on the Iraq war. The  
eyes of the world and national media will be on Washington, DC as  
Bush tries to spin this criminal endeavor in Iraq one more time. We  
are mobilizing with the anti-war movement to ensure that the demands  
of the people are heard loud and clear. Bush must be impeached for  
this criminal war which was based solely on bold-faced lies to  
Congress and to the people.

Between now and September 15 there will be a series of high  
visibility actions demanding: Impeach Bush and Cheney. Cindy Sheehan  
and others are in the middle of a dramatic march from Crawford, Texas  
that will arrive in Washington DC on July 23. Cindy will lead a march  
on July 23 from Arlington Cemetery in nearby Virginia to the House of  
Representatives. They are insisting that the elected officials  
initiate Articles of Impeachment. ImpeachBush.org is mobilizing  
support for this action. Cindy Sheehan is posting her blog for the  
Journey for Humanity at the ImpeachBush.org website.

Veterans for Peace and many Iraq war veterans will also be organizing  
through the summer and playing a major role in the September 15 March  
on Washington.

The war in Iraq stands as one of the great crimes of the modern era.  
We, the people, must act with all of our energy to end the war and to  
impeach Bush. This is not a partisan political act. It is a  
constitutional imperative.

As Ramsey Clark, in his appeal to the impeachment movement, wrote on  
July 2:

“-- US violence has brought death to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis  
and physical injury to millions.

—Hundreds of billions of dollars in property destruction caused by  
U.S. aggression will take decades after peace to rebuild.

—2.2 million Iraqi’s, nearly one in ten, have fled their country to  
foreign exile, refugee camps and a doubtful future while at least 2  
million more have fled their homes and communities to furtive lives  
of quiet desperation, to inadequate housing within Iraqi, without  
jobs or schools.

—3/4's of the people do not have safe drinking water.

—Iraqi’s internationally acclaimed and free health care system is a  
shambles.

—Since Shock and Awe began in March 2003 infant mortality in Iraq has  
increased radically to the highest death rate of all nations.

—Iraq is the most unstable country in the world.

—The sight and sound of violent death has created a pervasive state  
of constant devastating fear.

It must be clear to every informed and thinking person that President  
Bush has no concern for human suffering, truth, freedom, democracy,  
peace, justice, human rights, or the Constitution of the United  
States. His words and acts are designed only to increase his personal  
power and achieve his personal agenda and that of those who share his  
goals and hatred.”

On September 15, 2007 Iraq war veterans and their families will be in  
the front ranks of the demonstration. It is no wonder that they have  
turned against Bush and Cheney.

The New York Times reported in a major front page story on Sunday  
July 15 that soldiers and marines and their families, even those who  
had earlier supported Bush, have turned decisively against the  
administration after having witnessed first hand what the war is  
really about.
“Among military members and their immediate families who responded to  
a national New York Times/CBS News poll in May, two-thirds said  
things were going badly, compared with just over half, about 53  
percent, a year ago. Fewer than half of the families and military  
members said the United States did the right thing in invading Iraq.  
A year ago more than half held that view, according to the a similar  
poll taken last July.

"The New York Times For some, the Army's efforts have come too late.  
Penny Preszler, 46, a furniture refurbisher in Phoenix, said she had  
stopped wearing red on Fridays as she had done for the past year to  
honor the war effort. "It was when my son started saying he wished he  
could be injured so he could come home," Ms. Preszler said.

"There was no pride left in his voice, just this robotic sense of  
despair," she said, describing a telephone conversation with her son,  
Skyler, 24, an infantryman on his second tour of duty in Iraq. "Mom,  
we killed women on the street today. We killed kids on bikes. We had  
no choice," she recounted his saying.

The same week, she said, her son told her he thought he had seen the  
worst when he had to pick up the body parts of his dead buddy, but  
then he saw an Iraqi boy picking up what was left of his dead father.”



We are printing 500,000 leaflets, flyers, and stickers, and setting  
up outreach committees for the September 15th March in Washington all  
over the country. We are renting buses to bring people from around  
the country for the demonstration. We are planning newspaper ads. All  
of this costs money. The struggle for justice and for government  
accountability will not be funded by Corporate America. It depends on  
you and the commitment of thousands of people who understand the  
stakes. Please donate today by clicking this link.

We can organize, arouse public opinion and raise funds over the  
summer to bring a massive turnout on September 15 in Washington DC  
demanding Impeachment and an end to the war. If you want to be listed  
as an endorser and supporter of the September 15th demonstration, you  
can do so by clicking this link.
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