[Peace-discuss] Today's News-Gazette Ricky Baldwin coordinates nicely with Paul Wood!

Wed Oct 24 18:38:06 CDT 2007

Good Job Ricky!

U.S. mass murderer in invasion of Iraq

Wednesday October 24, 2007

I notice someone is desperately trying to hold a little rally in  
support of the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq, claiming  
"surrender is not an option," or some such backwards nonsense.

Let's try to keep this straight. The U.S. invaded Iraq without  
provocation, based on lies about "weapons of mass destruction," which  
we ourselves and certain of our allies certainly have anyway.

We hanged people at Nuremburg for that. Saddam Hussein, our  
government's old ally, is now dead. Yet our government continues to  
resist the will of both Iraqi and American people, who overwhelmingly  
support withdrawal, as do most U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

But there's oil politics, which says, "Keep invading until somebody  
stops you." Are we winning? Should we? Nobody asks a mass murderer if  
he is "winning" his killing spree.

And nobody says, when someone breaks into their house and starts  
smashing up things and hurting people, well, he was dead wrong to  
invade, but now that he's there he can't just leave. No, we want the  
troops out now, and we should not support any candidate on the other  
side.

RICKY BALDWIN

Urbana
  Find this article at:

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/10/24/ 
us_mass_murderer_in_invasion_of_iraq

On Oct 24, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

> Really great!  It's worth noting that the NG - editorials, etc - has  
> never exactly been our
> friend, but Paul Wood has always been very fair to AWARE and the  
> anti-war movement.  In the past,
> we haven't thanked him except in private - wouldn't want to cost him  
> his job!
>
> It's good to know who to call, though, if we need to.
> Ricky
> --- Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
>
>> nice! well done! I love that the N-G is doing recruiting for us. The
>> FBI should put a tail on them.
>>
>> On 10/24/07, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Local event planned in conjunction with one in Chicago
>>> By Paul Wood
>>>
>>> Wednesday October 24, 2007
>>>
>>> CHAMPAIGN – Champaign is one of many cities, including Chicago, that
>>> will celebrate a "De-Fund The War" rally Saturday.
>>>
>>> Some 35 to 50 local residents will leave at 10:30 a.m. for Chicago; a
>>> local rally will be held before and after that at North Prospect  
>>> Avenue
>>> and West Marketview Drive, just north of Interstate 74, said Durl  
>>> Kruse
>>> of Urbana, one of the organizers.
>>>
>>> The Chicago event begins at 1:30 p.m. at Chicago's Union Park.
>>>
>>> According to AWARE, the Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort, parking is
>>> available at Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, 1904 N. Prospect Ave.
>>> Lowe's manager Matt Cihi said the remote spots are available.
>>>
>>> Kruse said the rally will serve as an "alternative point of view"
>>> event, to coincide with the Pro-America Rally scheduled for the same
>>> time, immediately to the south.
>>>
>>> Kruse said there will be large, regional anti-war demonstrations in
>>> Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Orlando,
>>> Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle.
>>>
>>> The national event is timed to come shortly before Congress is  
>>> expected
>>> to vote on another supplemental funding bill, according to  
>>> organizers.
>>>
>>> Sponsors of the local rally include AWARE, Iraq Veterans Against the
>>> War and Campus Anti-war Network.
>>>
>>> Martin Smith, a former Marine sergeant who serves as Midwest
>>> coordinator for the Iraq veterans group, said he understands the
>>> feelings of post-Sept. 11 Americans who want to fight terrorism.
>>>
>>> But since leaving the service, Smith said, he was dismayed with
>>> arguments for starting and prolonging the war in Iraq.
>>>
>>> "They told us about weapons of mass destruction, then they changed
>>> their story," he said.
>>>
>>> Smith, a University of Illinois grad student, said he is also  
>>> concerned
>>> with extensions of service time in the Iraq theater from a year to 15
>>> months, and how veterans are treated once they return to the U.S.
>>>
>>> "Fund The Wounded, Not The War" is a favorite slogan. He said "the  
>>> best
>>> way to support the troops is to bring them home."
>>>
>>> To sign up for the Chicago trip, e-mail Shara Esbenshade at
>>> esbenshduni.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>> "There's massive support for this rally," Kruse said. "Locally, we  
>>> hope
>>> to get people who are interested in speaking out about changing the  
>>> way
>>> the war on terrorism is fought. We want to show our dissatisfaction
>>> with the strategy of the Bush administration."
>>>
>>> He said part of the counter-rally idea is to let people know anti-war
>>> activists support the troops, but do not support the policies  
>>> President
>>> Bush has chosen to employ in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>>>
>>> "The American public should be working to impeach Bush; that would  
>>> be a
>>> way to support troops. Instead of supporting him, we ought to be
>>> working to change the way we fight the war," Kruse said.
>>>   Find this article at:
>>>
>>> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2007/10/24/
>>> local_event_planned__in_conjunction_with
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>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Naiman
>> Just Foreign Policy
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