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Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan 2008
By Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
War Comes Home
The horrible, honest reality of the American occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan like you haven’t heard it before.
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, features testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground.
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Soldiers In Revolt
By David Cortright, Howard Zinn (introduction)
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US Deaths in the Iraq War
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
--Laurence Binyon
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Your country needs you, again!
Big and small things, all important, that you can do, that we can do, to make a difference.
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To read why veterans and their families opposed this war, go to the Sound Off Board:
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Join our forum! Lots of discussions, facts, action alerts, etc...
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Cost of the War in Iraq
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In their youth Chickenhawks were extremely skillful at evading the military, while today they are fervent advocates for war.
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There has always been a higher percentage of veterans in Congress than in society as a whole, but not today.
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"Whatever our political persuasions, we all are patriots. We must rally around the flag to protect it from being stolen from us."
--Robert T. Flint, USN, 1954-1958
"If we have to go to war against Iraq because they are lying about their weapon systems, then we have to go to war against most countries, including the United States.
--Phil Hartman, USMC, 1966-1968
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Support the Troops, Oppose the Policy
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Iraq's Iffy New Year's Resolution
By Abigail Hauslohner
There are new, written ground rules: the U.S. military must now conduct almost all its operations with Iraqi forces, and all arrests must be carried out with warrants issued by Iraqi judges.
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Troops In Iraq Find Christmas Tough
By Chelsea J. Carter
Though the signs of the season are everywhere at the defunct shopping mall, it is the spirit that is sometimes hard to maintain.
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Surge In GI/Vet Resistance And Support
By Dee Knight
Signs of a surge in GI resistance have emerged recently. The surge is matched by strong expressions of support from people in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Veterans Against Iraq War is a coalition of American veterans who support our troops but oppose war with Iraq or any other nation that does not pose a clear and present danger to our people and nation.
Until and unless the current U.S. Administration provides evidence which clearly demonstrates that Iraq or any other nation poses a clear, direct and immediate danger to our country, we oppose all of this Administration's pre-emptive and unilateral military activities in Iraq. Furthermore, we cannot support any war that is initiated without a formal Declaration of War by Congress, as our Constitution requires.
Although we detested the dictatorial policies of Saddam Hussein and sympathized with the tragic plight of the Iraqi people, we opposed unilateral and pre-emptive U.S. military intervention on the grounds that it established a dangerous precedent in the conduct of international affairs, that it could easily lead to an increase of violent regional instability and the spread of much wider conflicts, that it places needless and unacceptable financial burdens on the American people, that it diverts us from addressing critical domestic priorities, and that it distracts us from our goals of tracking down and destroying international terrorists and their lairs.
Furthermore, we do not believe that the American military can or should be used as the police force of the world by any administration, Republican or Democrat. Consequently, we believe that the lives and well being of our nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines should not be squandered or sacrificed for causes other than in the direct defense of our people and nation.
Finally, we believe that a doctrine of pre-emptive and unilateral U.S. military attack on Iraq or any other nation is illegal, unnecessary, counter-productive and presents a truly dire and distressing threat to our vital international interests and basic national security. As military veterans, we have a unique understanding of war and know the many hidden truths that lie behind war's easy theories and promises, as well as behind the tragic consequences that even, "victory" brings. We therefore call on all like-minded veterans and family members to endorse this statement and support us in our efforts to help avert, mitigate or stop a national tragedy and an international calamity.
We ask that you support our troops, by demanding that they be brought home from Iraq immediately. We ask that you support our nation's vital interests, by demanding that our troops should never be placed in harm's way except to meet and defeat any direct and immediate threat to our people. |
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VETERANS, to Endorse Veterans Against Iraq War CLICK HERE!
FAMILY MEMBERS, to Endorse Veterans Against Iraq War CLICK HERE!
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"Cameron, 26, is a cofounder of the Combat Paper Project, which offers a
very creative take on war memories."
By Jan Barry
December 22, 2008
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"There are new, written ground rules: the U.S. military must now conduct almost all its operations with Iraqi forces, and all arrests must be carried out with warrants issued by Iraqi judges."
By Abigail Hauslohner
Time, January 2, 2009
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"When Army Reserve Sgt. Heather Ripley Moccaldi returned from a tour of duty in Iraq in 2006, she made a resolution to jump out of a plane - with a parachute."
By Kathy Uek
The MetroWest Daily News, January 01, 2009
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"Though the signs of the season are everywhere at the defunct shopping mall — from potted pines decorated with lights to stockings hung over desks — it is the spirit that is sometimes hard to maintain."
By Chelsea J. Carter
Associated Press, December 26, 2008
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"Signs of a surge in GI resistance have emerged recently. The surge is matched by strong expressions of support from people in the U.S. and elsewhere."
By Dee Knight
Workers World, December 12, 2008
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"The line of veterans seeking free food and clothing reached all the way around the corner, more than 200 strong."
By One World
December 17, 2008
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"When I hear that song, with an equally unjustified war in Iraq, I feel wistful, but also confronted. 37 years later and we're in the same situation."
By Nick Keppler
Fairfield Weekly, December 18, 2008
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"when it came to her father's experience during World War II, that chapter in his life was pretty much a blank slate until 1987."
By Bruce Edwards
Rutland Herald, December 7, 2008
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"East Carolina University interviewed graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy, class of 1941. The following interview with Frederick Ruder, who lived in Manchester for a brief period, was conducted in 1987."
By Times Argus
December 7, 2008
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"...And in those cases, parents or spouses (and the press) are still often misled or lied to for days or weeks or months before the truth of how they died comes out -- in the local media."
By Greg Mitchell
Editor & Publisher. November 18, 2008
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